It’s been exactly one year since my lovely bride of just over 24 years passed away.

Do I miss her?

More than you’ll ever know.

Do I still grieve for her?

More than you’ll ever see.

But thanks be to God who gives me VICTORY — victory over my pain and loss and victory over grief and death.

Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 4:13, “We do not want you to be uninformed… about those who are asleep” — about those who have died — “that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.”

There’s real grieving, which is to be expected, and there’s real hope, which is to be embraced.
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For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. — Jeremiah 29:11

Change. It’s not a word we humans are comfortable with. But as John F. Kennedy once stated, “Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

Laws of nature. My dictionary defines them as regularly occurring or apparently inevitable phenomenons observable in human society.

If you believe that that definition is true then I assume you also believe that these laws can’t be broken. If you think they can, just walk off the roof of your house. You’ll clearly witness the law of gravity at work no matter if you’re a Christian or an atheist.
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“When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.” — Charles Spurgeon

Although it’s been six months since I’ve given you an update, my decision not to do so was intentional.

You see, after I uploaded my last video, I realized that the holidays were fast approaching. This made me stop and reflect on how I would handle them without Tina.

As many of you know, Tina and I were married for over 24 years. She was my best friend and we did everything together, including making memories over the holidays.

Matter of fact, some of my fondest memories of Tina were created over the holidays. Not because of any particular holiday but because of the sheer joy she brought to each and every one. She was full of fun and always brought the party!
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Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

Philippians 2:3-4

A Team Tina video update… because I’ll never be able to write like Tina! 😜

 

All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, He brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us. We have plenty of hard times that come from following the Messiah, but no more so than the good times of His healing comfort — we get a full measure of that, too.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 MSG