Thursday, August 16, 2007

"Sorry" and "Thank you" can sometimes be the cheapest words!
feeling taken for granted and unsupported at the moment.
(by LB n P/chu)

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i mourn for the lost of dear uncle TH.
remembering that Jesus wept as He saw Lazarus' friends weeping gave me comfort as i wept at his deathbed; wept at the lifeless form on that hospital bed. grieving for the wife, kids and loved ones He had left behind, grieving for the lost of a wonderful man, husband, father, brother in Christ, "Why?" became too weighty a question to ask. i don't ask "Why?" not out of faith, but out of fear. i dare not tread down that path of asking my Whys knowing i cannot bear to have the weight of "non-answers" crush my soul. cos really... only God knows "why". the answers we can come up with just fall short of convincing. so don't you dare offer glib answers. it rubs bad on gaping wounds. in such times like this, one might ask, "what then is faith good for?" "faith", my friend is the only good thing one can hold onto in times like this. faith is knowing that he is in somewhere better than the best we have on earth. that he is in good hands. that we will meet him again. that there is resurrection thru Jesus Christ. faith is strength and hope. faith is praising God despite our disappointments and our tears. faith is wat keeps us going.

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