I was watching a Christian worship program this morning. The worship leader was talking about time and how God's plan for us is to take time to accomplish certain things. One of those things is mourning. In the day and age we live everything is "get it done now". Like the advertisement says, we weren't satisfied with fast food we had to add the drive through. It's not E-mail anymore it's instant messaging. Take four hours to cook a pot roast? We just microwave something in 3 minutes. It's easy for us to think we have to rush through other things, such as grief and mourning over the loss of a loved one. The Lord's design is to take the time we need to go through the process. The Bible says: Ecclesiastes 3 1. There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: 2. a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3. a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4. a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5. a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, 6. a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, 7. a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, 8. a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. Does this give a license to mourn for the loss of a loved one for the rest of our days? No, but it does mean we have to give the mourning process it's proper amount of time so we can get whatever benefits from it we are supposed to get. Does it mean we will never cry or miss our loved ones? No. My niece and nephew were murdered by my sister-in-law, their mother, 14 years ago. When I hear of this happening to another family, like recently in Texas, all of the feelings come back from when my family went through it. I know my niece and nephew are with the Lord, but I still miss them and wonder what they would look like today and what they would be doing. I heard a song today called "I Miss my Time with You". It's about the Lord waiting for us to stop and talk to Him. We say we're too busy. I know how He feels and He knows how I feel. I miss my time with my niece and nephew and it's time I'll never have because they went on to be with the Lord at such a young age. But I know I'll see them again, in heaven. We should all strive to take the time we need to mourn those who have passed this world. I'm going to try my best not to miss my time with those still here, especially my family, and my Lord.

I Miss My Dad

I was watching a Christian worship program this morning. The worship leader was talking about time and how God's plan for us is to take time to accomplish certain things. One of those things is mourning. In the day and age we live everything is "get it done now". Like the advertisement says, we weren't satisfied with fast food we had to add the drive through. It's not E-mail anymore it's instant messaging. Take four hours to cook a pot roast? We just microwave something in 3 minutes. It's easy for us to think we have to rush through other things, such as grief and mourning over the loss of a loved one. The Lord's design is to take the time we need to go through the process. The Bible says:
Ecclesiastes 3 1. There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
2. a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3. a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,
4. a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5. a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
6. a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7. a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8. a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

Does this give a license to mourn for the loss of a loved one for the rest of our days? No, but it does mean we have to give the mourning process it's proper amount of time so we can get whatever benefits from it we are supposed to get.

Does it mean we will never cry or miss our loved ones? No. My niece and nephew were murdered by my sister-in-law, their mother, 14 years ago. When I hear of this happening to another family, like recently in Texas, all of the feelings come back from when my family went through it. I know my niece and nephew are with the Lord, but I still miss them and wonder what they would look like today and what they would be doing.

I heard a song today called "I Miss my Time with You". It's about the Lord waiting for us to stop and talk to Him. We say we're too busy. I know how He feels and He knows how I feel. I miss my time with my niece and nephew and it's time I'll never have because they went on to be with the Lord at such a young age. But I know I'll see them again, in heaven.

We should all strive to take the time we need to mourn those who have passed this world. I'm going to try my best not to miss my time with those still here, especially my family, and my Lord.

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