Apr 11, 2025 … God Heals Our Grief …

Apr 11, 2025 …  God Heals Our Grief …  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with music and lyrics with the duo, Tori and Shauna, singing  … The LORD Is Close,  assuring fellow Christians that God remains close to those who are brokenhearted in the loss of a loved one.

Highlight Passage: …  2Kings 2:2 … [NLT] … 

2 Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me on to Bethel.”But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!” So they went down to Bethel.           

…  Elisha’s commitment to follow his Master, Elijah, wherever he went.   

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … 2Kings 2:1-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  Elisha, knowing of Elijah’s imminent departure commits - even in his grief, to stay with His master and take up Elijah’s mantle as long as he, Elisha, lives.                                                      

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 34:18-19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of the Lord being near those who have a broken and contrite spirit.   

Reference Passage: … Matthew 5:4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus promises to bless those who mourn and are brokenhearted.

Reference Passage: … John 16:22  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus, when the Disciples heard that the Lord was going to leave them; yet He promises to return to them and bring joy which will never leave them 

Reference Passage: …  1Peter 5:7  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Peter teaches fellow Christians to give their (our) worries and grief over to God, Who cares for His own.  

Reference Passage: …  Revelation 21:4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s revelation to all believers thru the Apostle John that one day our loving God will wipe away all tears and fears. 

                        

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Dave Branon … AT THIS LINK    …  relates the uplifting story of the faithful dog of a Japanese teacher who every day would meet his dog at the train station coming home from work.  But one day, the teacher died of a stroke at work and was not there to meet his dog.  And everyday, … for 10 years, …  the dog, with the watch care of neighbors, returned to the train station to meet his master.   

And this story reminded the ODB author of Elisha’s dedication to his mentor and teacher, Elijah, whom Elisha had promised to follow the rest of Elisha’s life, … even knowing that one day Elijah would be carried off to heaven.   And today’s ODB entry relates to all Christians that we can - and must - follow the LORD … .everyday … all the way to glory.  That’s certainly my goal in life; … how about you?

         

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for calling me to follow You, Lord, … all the days of my life.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray, … again today, … that all reading here will join me, …  to follow You, Lord, all the days of our lives.     … AMEN

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