One year....two years.....

One year....later....two years later...

I opened up my email this morning...and found that I had been doing Griefshare for 364 days, almost finished, one more day to go .....when I started last year, it stretched out forever, it felt.   Then I realized that two years ago is when my husband and I noticed his balance wasn't right ....he thought it was due to sciatic problems he had suffered through earlier in the year. Went to doctor and it didn't have anything to do with that...then another doctor and another....until it was finally diagnosed as stage four  glioblastoma brain cancer, the terminator, as it is called......thus starting a new journey for all of our family....five months of radiation,chemo, waiting, watching, sharing,laughter, intense family times,  preparing, tears by the buckets, loving until the parting of ways came, painlessly, and painfully......we loved to the end...and beyond...

Thank you for the time and times we had....and then new chapters for us all.....changes ....grief. ....griefshare....and shared grief..all at different moments, different speeds, different ......different "ambushes" of remembrances .... but the same, differently.....

Today's scripture came from...Isaiah 61....Jesus  repeated it in Luke.....they were looking for the coming of the messiah ..

-proclaim the good news
-bind up the brokenhearted
-comfort all who mourn
- bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes
-the oil of joy instead of mourning
- a garment of praise, instead of a spirit of despair
-Rebuild, restore

I know He was talking about Israel, but he was talking to my heart as well.....I need and need those words of comfort....joy....restoration....

Thank you,,,so very , very much for your Word.....


Isaiah 61
New International Version (NIV)
The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed me
    to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom for the captives
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
    and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
3     and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
    instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
    instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.
4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins
    and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.
5 Strangers will shepherd your flocks;
    foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
6 And you will be called priests of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.