Sad Sunday

When I got up yesterday, I was so looking forward to finally getting to church to hear an uplifting message. Well, my day didn't quite turn out that way. I was woken by Shane letting me know that my dear, sweet friend Jeanette's dad had passed away the night before. My heart ached for her and her family and that is how I went to church. Well, it got even worse...the sermon was on death, Ecclesiastes 8:10-17. It wasn't necessarily a depressing sermon. It was just on a topic that I didn't want to hear about the first Sunday (three weeks exactly) after my Grandmother died and after the news that I had that morning. After the sermon was over, they played a video titled "99 Balloons." Shane had told me it was a tear jerker but I never bothered to ask him what it was about....the loss of a child. And, as many of you know, we have been through this in more ways than one. We have never lost a born child but ones that had been created in God's sight and the losses were painful. During and after the video there was not a dry eye in the room. I could hear sniffles all around me, including my own.

Here is a link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th6Njr-qkq0

Both the video and sermon are about living life to its fullest no matter what your situation is and turning over all your troubles to God.

After the video was over, I thought ok they are going to play a song and I will have that time to pull myself together. It didn't quite go that way. The song that they played was "Still" by Hillsong United which is based on Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God"...one of my all time favorites but in the state that I was in, I just couldn't pull myself together and had to leave the room (keep in mind that I sit in the front). Here are the words to that song:

Hide me now

Under your wings

Cover me

within your mighty hand

When the oceans rise and thunders roar

I will soar with you above the storm

Father you are king over the flood

I will be still and know you are God

Find rest my soul

In Christ alone

Know his power

In quietness and trust

If you aren't familiar with the song, please listen to it. It is a beautiful song.

After church we went home and I made one of my favorite desserts to take over to Jeanette's parents home. We spent more than our allotted time with them and their family but I think they were lifted up by our visit. The service will be this Friday. Please keep our friends in your prayers as they go through this difficult time.