~♥~ I am sharing this as a recent Widow whose precious husband Ed is now in heaven with his Personal Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. To lose the love of your entire life is most crushing to your spirit. It tests your faith to the hilt. Your better half is not with you! You’re only half there!
After everyone has gone home, there I was feeling so broken-hearted and completely alone. The sound of my footsteps echoing over the hardwood floors filled every room in the house we used to call our “Sweet little nest way out in the West; where we let the rest of the world go by.” I was so lost without my Ed, my husband of 57 years, 7 months, and 17 days.
But our faithful God came to my rescue with His strengthening Words from the Scriptures. He told me to “Cast my cares upon Him! That He had prepared a place for Ed and that he is there now in and with Christ touring the heavenly places which are more royal and magnificent than we can ever imagine! And that someday I would meet him there!”
This is what I do to cast my burdens upon the Lord. I simply surrender Ed to Him every moment I need to do it. I learned to give Ed over to Him, to say Yes to his new Heavenly Home where the Spirit and the Bride abide. I raise my hands up to the Lord and give Ed up to Him over and over as I need to!
This has helped me find rest and peace. I pray that this sharing might comfort other widows who go through mourning, weeping, many tears, and deepest grief; mixed in with the joy of knowing that God Our Father has His children with Him in His heavenly kingdom. They will never be cast out! I will see Ed again! I surrender him to Jesus! Amen! (John 14:1-3, 1Pet 5:7),
Sis bernadette.
