As much as I love Karen, she is now with the One who loves her most. For those who've pinned all their hopes on the One who died so we could go there. The hope that holds my heart together is as sure as our hope that spring will follow a seemingly endless winter. Who trampled death as He blasted out of His grave on Easter morning.
Not "cross your fingers" hope, but living hope. In God's own words, we have "a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" ( 1 Peter 1:3). Because Karen's Savior is alive, so is this woman I love. He said of those who have put their total trust in His death on the cross for their sins, "Because I live, you will live also" ( John 14:19). In the darkest, most devastating days of my life! But I'm now living its ultimate validation.Įverything I've ever believed, ever taught about my Jesus is true! Everything my death-crushing Savior promised, He delivers. Actually, it's the Story I've tried to tell folks my whole adult life. I've probably shed more tears in the past two weeks than I've shed in the rest of my life.īut I have a story to tell. He ran back to his mother and said, "Mommy, you were right. I turn to tell her about a conversation or situation - or to hear her trademark laugh at one of my dumb jokes.īut our four-year-old grandson said it all the first time he ran into our living room and saw her chair empty. I go to make the oatmeal she loved for breakfast. But as I walk into our living room, I still instinctively look for her beautiful hair - her "crown of glory" - in her favorite blue chair. Wrapped in a huddle of sobs with our three adult children, I choked out, "It hurts so bad." It really does. Giving a faith-filled valedictory speech. Sunday night, we sat in the bleachers at our local football stadium and watched our grandson graduate from high school.
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Suddenly, I have to figure out how to do the rest of my life without her.
They currently serve nearly 2,500 families displaced by the Syrian war.I've done my whole adult life with my Karen, the only woman I've ever needed. The organization was founded in 2006 and seeks to create faith defining environments to serve under resourced families and children in the country of Lebanon. “We’ve partnered with Heart for Lebanon for several years and were so glad to be able to give our listeners an immediate and practical way to love people in Lebanon who so desperately need our help.”Īccording to the report, Heart of Lebanon has mobilized staff and volunteers to help clean up the devastation caused the August 4 blast and provided temporary housing for displaced families in partnership with a local church and the largest Christian college in Beirut.Įvery year, Heart for Lebanon conducts dozens of radio partnerships with Christian radio. “The recent tragedy in Lebanon has just intensified the need of the people there,” STAR Director of Programming Matt Stockman said in a report. The radio partnership coincided with the launch of STAR’s promotional theme of “ Love God, Love People.” Following the tragic explosion in Beirut last month and amid the on-going refugee crisis in Lebanon, WAWZ/New York (STAR 99.1) rallied its listeners to reach more than 1,100 families with emergency supplies and the Gospel through the ministry of Heart for Lebanon.
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