I am glad you liked it. I am also so very glad our God understands the
language of tears, when we don't know what to pray, can't think of the right
words to say, it's just ok.
Bless you today.
Rhonda Partain
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Hi Rhonda,
Oh, I love that.
I also cry with people all the time, and I love deeply like you do.
It's all about God's unending Love!
That's why I love telling people they are Loving!
Everyone needs to know that. It's all about Jesus Love and nothing more!
Thanks much.
Lovings and Squeezings!
Many Blessings,
Pat Ferguson
"I can Do all Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me" Philippians 4:13.
At 08:17 PM 4/19/2017, you wrote:
>Yet another of my blog posts:
>I Came to Help You Cry
>
> All around us we see it; we hear it. Perhaps we experience it
>for ourselves. We are faced with situations for which we have no
>answers. Why do people suffer with cancer? Why do our loved ones die
>just when we need them the very most? Why is there unspeakable evil in
>the world? I am not here to give answers to all of these unanswerable
>questions. I don't have a new philosophical theory that makes sense of
>everything. I don't know what to say to a dear friend who has cancer.
>What can I say? Are there any words that can soften such a blow? If
>there were such words, I'd speak them; I'd shout them from the roof
>top. I'd send them off in a tweet. But I am left feeling sad that
>cancer exists; that as humans we hurt others and make violence and abuse
the foundations of relationships.
>I can't make cancer go away; I can't soothe hurts. So, I do the most
>natural thing of all I cry. My heart is sad for my friend and for
>thousands of others I will never know. Some may seek comfort from a
>pill or a bottle but I hold to a faith in God. Many question why I have
>such faith. After all they reason God being infinitely powerful could
>stop all evil. But he doesn't. I believe that love is stronger than all
>the evil in the world. I can't explain it away; we choose what we do
>and our actions have consequences. Just as there is light and dark, up
>and down, I reason that good has an opposite. I don't claim to know why
>because I too have asked God that very question in the dark of the
>middle of the night. I choose to love those around me; I choose to
>celebrate life. I tell my friend with cancer I am here any time she
>wants to talk, cry, or pray. I tell her how special she is and that I
>am glad I met her. I ask her about her favorite memories and we laugh over
the silly moments in life.
>Don't feel you have to give hurting friends answers. Give the best gift
>you can, the gift of your love and friendship. Make the world a better
>place, spread some good, smile to a stranger, donate an hour to the
>library or soup kitchen or to your local school. It's ok to cry, let
>those who are hurting know that; and do the most caring thing of all cry
with them.
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