“Such a tremendous sadness”
So a month ago I flew to Riverside to bury a friend and hug his wife and kid.
Since then I have played a high school conference, rearranged my office, brainstormed a new sermon series, pushed my 6 year old higher on the rope swing in the front yard than she really wanted to go, led worship in Athens, GA, reworked my 2009 budget, spent a week in Franklin, TN being refueled and recharged, did a photo shoot in a tunnel with my 2 year old, went to see Slumdog Millionaire with my wife, blogged 1322432732 times, and curled up to Heather every single night.
Yesterday I read this on Angie and Mark’s blog…
Our lives are rolling right along.
As they should.
But if you would not mind…
Stopping your life for just a moment…
To leave a note for a friend of mine who’s life is doing the furthest thing from “rolling”.
It is frozen.
Thanks.
Los
RAIN IT DOWN
her words are heartbreaking.
Absolutely. Right now.
Done – thanks for the reminder Los. So sad for her and Nolan. It seems that she and Mark had a very special love. Praying for God to comfort them.
I can't even begin to imagine being swallowed in such a vacuum of grief. I will pray.
Carlos,
Can you let me know if there is a 501c-3 set up for the Lamberth family?
Thanks.
Its Done!
I totally Cant even Imagine that kinda loss…. its heartbreaking! She is on my Prayer list
man that was hard to read. danielle and i will pray before we go to bed tonight.
Thanks for sharing this and reminding us… I feel guilty on how my life has continued on when someone is hurting so badly…
this breaks my insides and floods me with so many emotions of when my friend Brandon died 3 years ago. i am sending this to my friend Meg who walked the road of losing her husband, Brandon. i don't know…. i am sure nothing eases this kind of pain, this kind of loneliness, or makes any of this feel better — but she might have a word or 2 to share about her own experience. i am continuing to pray for Angie and Nolan…
Father God: Please ease the pain of Angie's grief and bring her out of it quickly. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
That is very sad indeed. I pray that God helps her though this and that she feels his presence every second of every day.
(It's the main reason I wanted to much to live after my cancer diagnosis. I didn't want to break my son's and husband's hearts).
It is hard. When my wife, Trudie, died 14 months ago, I was numb, I was in denial, I was very sad. And, when I didn't know what to do, God showed up. Jesus has been my rock through it all. He has carried me through the rough seas. He has helped me do the grief work – and it is work. To get on the other side of the grief, I learned that I had to go through the grief. It wasn't fun. But now, I believe I'm past most of the hard stuff. I still hit the occasional "emotional land mine" and find a little more work I have to do. But now I'm looking forward to a future in which I can honor God in being single for a season. And hopefully, if He is willing, to a new season after that with someone He is even now preparing for me. I have stronger walk with Him now and keep my eyes glued on His face each and every day.
I've only been married 9 days today. I've known my wife for 2+ years and I don't even really *know* her yet. I can't begin to imagine how difficult my life would be without her.