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I know this is the forum but a special friend & sister in Christ, watchman, who is very active here just lost her husband suddenly. Please please be lifting her up in your prayers. I don't even know what to say here because my heart breaks so much for her. Thank you so much.

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Permalink Reply by thewatchman on December 23, 2014 at 5:59pm

Thank You....this has been especially hard today, yesterday I thought it was okay, today I'm so very very very sad. It's a journey, a journey that no one else walks for me. I appreciate you so much LT and thank you for keeping those prayers for us.

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Permalink Reply by Elaine Tencza PrayerRmModerator on December 23, 2014 at 6:07pm

LOVE YOU WATCHMAN , YOU ARE IN MY HEART AND PRAYERS, AMEN

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Permalink Reply by thewatchman on December 24, 2014 at 4:27am

Love you dearly too Elaine. Thank you for the phone calls, the prayers, the emails, they have brought me so much comfort. You understand and you are strong in the Lord. I am praying that He will bring you comfort over this Christmas season & fill your heart with unspeakable joy. Amen.

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Permalink Reply by Amanda on December 24, 2014 at 5:11am

God is alive for you in all His glory and power. God's grace is operating in your life. May you receive much love and support not only from the hand of God holding you up but from the Body of Christ as well. God uses dark and painful times to create the brightest transformations in us. From glory to glory. How so very much we need Him and His people in our lives! May the presence of Jesus be palpably with you as you remember His promises and truths and love.

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Permalink Reply by thewatchman on December 24, 2014 at 6:10am

Thank You Amanda, your kind words have washed over my heart. I have truly been blessed.

I remember reading a story about the Great Barrier Reef. The man said when he viewed it, on the one side it had stunning colors and it was alive and beautiful....then he said he viewed it from the other side, where the water was still and stagnant, and it looked lifeless and pale. He applied this story to our lives, saying that the waves crashing upon us, keep us as the beautiful side with all of the colors of life, continually keeping us alive and transforming us into Christlike creatures, glorifying the Lord.

I don't know what someone without faith would do in this situation, I am thankful to my Lord, that I have this hope & faith in Him. I would not have been able to stand without Jesus, I can testify of His goodness, His strength, His love, His comfort, throughout this sad time. It's very difficult to explain, but there have been times when the sorrow felt so deep that I thought I might die from it, then a love, a hope, a comfort so overwhelming washed over me.

I have a mighty God, I thank Him for all things...in this valley I know that He's doing something extraordinary and amazing, He brings beauty out of the ashes. This I know.

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Permalink Reply by thewatchman on December 24, 2014 at 6:12am

1 Thess. 4

13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

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Permalink Reply by Amanda on December 24, 2014 at 6:28am

I don't know what it's like -- the experience of what you're going through. Yet, I have known a sorrow and a pain so deep and dark that I longed to die to escape it. But my faith is much weaker than yours. We don't know what we will have to go through before we leave this life. Death, our own and that of our loved ones, hangs over us all like a dark cloud. Fearing death and it's grief and pain is similar to slavery. Hebrews 2:14-15. We have a deliverer. Many don't know Him and we -- you and I -- are so blessed to know Him. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

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