Cover Me

May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge." Ruth 2:12

 

 

In Memory of Debra Ann (Pierce) Carnrike

                                                   "Rain gonna come....oh, yes it will." 

Death rains its chilly waters down upon my brow; mingling with hot tears. You unexpectedly left us. My heart was shocked by the call. How can this be? So many questions why? But nothing can change the fact that you are gone. 

I will cherish our time together. I will miss your calls, texts, emails, etc. I will miss your one of a kind voice. Your laugh...I will....miss you.

This world will continue...but it won't be as rich. We will adjust in time....though it will never be easy. We will just keep on...as you would have us. 

We may weep, we may grieve...we may....but we submit to God's wisdom in taking you Home.

This life could never bring us peace in and of itself...but we have ONE who is called Comforter! He is unfailing and will be faithful to us. He will bring the cool winds to our angered hearts. He will bring peace to our troubled minds. He will bring us love when we feel alone. He will meet every need...for he is Gracious. He will heal our souls.

Goodnight, Debbie! 

We will see you in that GREAT TOMORROW!

Seasons Come & Seasons Go

Don't take anything for granted!

Seasons come and Seasons go...

Don't take anyone for granted!!

Don't take yourself for granted!

Don't take your spouse, your parents, your grandparents, your children, or any of your family or friends for granted!

Don't take your health, your wealth, your voice, your influence, ....

Don't take this moment for granted!

Don't!

Just don't!!!

Seasons come and Seasons go

I have found that in taking things for granted, I have lost opportunities for a lifetime. 

We have no guarantees of another day, of another moment in which to share; another time for a visit of a loved one, coffee with a parent, a walk with a friend, a call to an out of state relative, a game with your children, a special date with your spouse, that book you want to read, that prayer you should pray...or the life you should be living.

'Cause Seasons come and Seasons go!

Don't take God for granted!

He is Lord of Every Season!

Don't Wait Too Late

Don't Wait to let someone you love know how much they mean to you!
Don't wait to visit your family!
Don't wait to give that gift!
Don't wait to make that call!
Don't wait to give a hug!
Don't wait to forgive!
Don't wait to go to church and make peace with God! Don't wait!
There are no guarantees when a last breath will happen...so please...
Do Not WAIT!!!

Dark Night of Sorrow

Gripping my pillow, I lay upon the bed where love had been. Tears hotly coursing down my cheeks into the fabric below creating wetness around my face. I sob until the sobbing turns into groaning as I toss and turn trying to flee from the pain. Thoughts speed across my memories. Faces, places, sights and smells take me back to those times again. But the emptiness I feel is indescribable and I cannot hope to restore that love again.

It's just one of many dark nights of sorrow. There are many types that tear apart the soul. Of loved ones who have gone and left this world for the next and children who've abandoned all they've known. It's when laying in some far off distant country; giving all you've got to serve the right. It's laying in a room when you are older and they have taken away your dignity. Again, it's sitting near a building in the city, huddled behind boxes trying to get warm; it's being just a little child crying from innocence stolen by someone. Families broken by divorce, friendships shattered through lies and deceit; children abandoned by their fathers; teens wasted by some twenty dollar high...now trapped for life; a parent sitting counting up the hours, their child has not come home and they're afraid; someone's kidnapped their precious loved one...is there anyone who can save us all again?

So many are the scenes that race across my mind. So many voices crying out in pain. The darkness overwhelms the thought of hope and leaves the sorrowful with loss and grief again.

Gripping pillows pictures, boxes, teddy-bears...just something! Holding on; thinking no one else could understand. You make your way through many lonely hours. The clock is slowly ticking on the stand.

From a foxhole to an empty hallway, from a hospital to a city street, from a nursing home to a funeral parlor; darkness finds a way in which to creep. From a barroom to a hotel lobby, on airplane or far across the sea, inside a classroom or in the teachers lounge, in a factory or in a corporate suite. From the long drive to the cemetery; from Taps to the 21 gun salute. From lying here holding to my pillow to laying across the grave of the bereaved.

Darkness comes into our lives and brings great sorrow through the night. We cannot see that light will dawn for the tears and aching hearts. Separation brought a tearing vows could not support...Oh ...this is the dark night of sorrow.

Yet, there was ONE who agonized all night just like you and he spent his crying moments in the Garden of Gethsemane. He clenched his hands in prayer; darkness gathered all around. Even though God was there...he agonized as blood dripped from his brow...Accused of things for which he wasn't guilty. He journeyed down a narrow street, falling while bearing that old rugged cross then he was lifted up to die for you and me.

That one dark night of sorrow led him to surrender up his life, he became our sacrifice so we could have eternal hope and joy forevermore. Just call upon his name and he'll wipe away your pain and light will come again. Hope will be renewed...that will never fade away. One day all our dark nights of sorrow will pass away. Yes! This dark night of sorrow....must pass away.

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