While God Works Together For Good...

Lucy's love for bikes is evident in her home décor...

Wall print 

cushion...

door-knob-bling...

Rom.8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God,

to those who are the called according to His purpose.

The above reference is printed on a chalk board in my sister's Lucy's kitchen,

in the wake of her death;

 a chalkboard that always held a favourite quote, 

bible verse or nugget of wisdom...

Today marks one month since her passing 💔🙏

mentioned  HERE Sorrowful blog break)

The break turned out shorter than I thought it would.

I guess poetry is how I process life...and death

Yesterday our church family, along with extended family and friends

laid to rest a dear brother, age 60, 

our care pastor, as well as a husband, dad and grandpa 

who, only a few weeks previously, was diagnosed with cancer...

'life seems a blur of tears, prayers and indescribable comfort'

I texted my sister this morning as we remembered the one month mark

of Lucy's sudden departure!

(my brother-in-law/ Lucy's husband, said,

 'it feels like yesterday and a lifetime ago')

 ...exactly!! 

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Matt. 5:4 

Through the truth in the above verse, 

we are being incomprehensibly blessed

***

We do not understand the good that oft wears grief’s disguise

Lord, help us trust Thy hand that could have stayed the test that tries

But did not; help us yield our heart with ‘not my will but Thine’

While we behold the bitter part logic cannot define

While You work together for good the brokenness of dreams

And wills, and love misunderstood where mercy’s tide still streams

And works in ways foreign to us, oft ruled by what we see

Oh Lord, our God help us to trust the hope we have in Thee

…while you work together for good beyond most noble thought

Thy purpose, when Thy Hand that could have spared Thee, but did not

You loved, obedient to death (even death on a cross)

Then, help us, with each gifted breath to humbly suffer loss

While You work together for good this life’s troubles, oh God

Help us to not despise the rude appearance of Thy rod

But help us trust in Thee, without explanation’s demands

As we surrender every doubt into Thy nail-scarred hands

While You work together for good that which seems cruelty

While through the power of Your blood, hope abides faithfully

Through every circumstance unkind, while love and mercy pour/roar

Help us, with heart, soul, strength and mind to trust you more and more

© Janet Martin

I spend one day a week with my mother-in-law.

This afternoon while she snoozed I read through

the memories shared in this book by Lucy's friends and family,

(so touching and precious)

Until today, I just couldn't collect my thoughts enough to attempt writing anything

Today I tried...this is the last bit.

'Oh, how I miss her'