by their hopes…
not by
their hurts!
- Robert H. Schuller
Saturday, February 23, 2008
I Believe
I believe in the sun,
even when it does not shine.
I believe in love,
even when it is not shown.
I believe in God,
even when He is silent.
even when it does not shine.
I believe in love,
even when it is not shown.
I believe in God,
even when He is silent.
- This verse was scratched into a basement wall
by the one of the victims of the Holocaust
by the one of the victims of the Holocaust
Promises
So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Psalm 147:3
Prayer for Serenity
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
Mastering the Loss
The loss is mastered not by forgetting the past or holding onto it, but by abstracting from it the essential meaning of the person and recreating it to fit a whole new life which must go on without the loved one.
- Bertha Simos
Why Participate in a Grief Group?
“I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, to be understood and touched by them.
The greatest gift I can give is to see, to hear, to understand, and to touch another [griever].
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When this is done I feel a contact has been made.”
-Virginia Satir
The Prayer of Betty Stam
Lord,
I give up my own purposes and plans,
all my own desires, hopes and ambitions,
and I accept Thy will for my life.
I give myself, my life, my all,
utterly to Thee, to be Thine forever.
I hand over to Thy keeping all my friendships. All the people whom I love are to take second place in my heart.
Fill me and seal me with Thy Holy Spirit.
Work out Thy whole will in my life, at any cost, now and forever. To me to live is Christ.
Amen!
I give up my own purposes and plans,
all my own desires, hopes and ambitions,
and I accept Thy will for my life.
I give myself, my life, my all,
utterly to Thee, to be Thine forever.
I hand over to Thy keeping all my friendships. All the people whom I love are to take second place in my heart.
Fill me and seal me with Thy Holy Spirit.
Work out Thy whole will in my life, at any cost, now and forever. To me to live is Christ.
Amen!
- The Prayer of Betty Stam
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Betty Stam dedicated her life to Christ with this prayer in 1925. Betty and her husband John calmly and bravely laid down their lives for Christ nine years later, martyred by the Chinese communists.
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