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Tag Archives: Grief
The Loss of His Wife
The Bible is filled with many stories of ordinary people struggling with the challenges of life. Sometimes they are manageable and people get through using their wits and abilities. Other times, the challenges are like arrows that stab, exhaust and … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Anger, Bible, Choices, Conflict, Death, Depression, Disappointment, Family, Feelings, Fiction, Grief, Household, Loss, Memory, Perseverance, Sibling, Stress
Tagged Grief, Relationships, Suffering
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I Met My Wife in My Former Church
A Gust of Grace blew into my life in November of 2009. On that Sunday I visited my old home church and saw someone I had known over 20 years ago. Seven months later we were married. At the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptability, Communication, Courage, Faithfulness, Focus, Gifts, Grace, Grief, Guidance, Happiness, Laughter, Letting Go, Life, love, mercy, On Line Dating, Perspective, Principles, Priorities, Providence, relationships, Sense of Humor, Trust, Values, Wisdom
Tagged Abiding, Fun, Grief, Identity, Integrity, Life, Perseverance, Relationships, Surrender, Trust
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The Promise of the Rainbow
Living in the Past: Back in the late 1970’s I was returning to Michigan from California. I had lived out there for almost two years and was now heading home. I was driving through New Mexico when it started to … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Appearance, Faith, Fear, Heaven, Nature, Perseverance, Perspective, Providence, Religion, Stress, Suffering, The Past, Trust, Visual, Weather, Worry
Tagged Abiding, Fear, Grief, Life, Loss, Perseverance, Renewal, Surrender, Trust
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Dealing with Loss At Christmas
Experience as a Flashlight: The woman was beside herself with grief. It was only a few months since her husband had died. She was not looking forward to Christmas. How could she deal with that loss at Christmas when the … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, Christmas, Courage, Creativity, Fear, Feelings, Focus, Grief, Health, Holidays, Letting Go, Life, love, Memory, relationships, Suffering, Thankfulness
Tagged Appreciation, current-events, Fear, Grief, Identity, Loneliness, Loss, Perseverance, Relationships, Self Worth, Trust, Worry
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I Am An Optimist and a Pessimist
Lessons I Have Learned: I suspect the notion that life has it’s ups and downs came as a surprise to me. I am the kind of person that likes things to be positive and happy. I guess that makes me … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Adaptability, Appreciation, Contentment, Courage, Faith, Fear, Focus, Grief, Holidays, Letting Go, Life, Nature, Perseverance, Perspective, Stress, Suffering, Trust, Worry
Tagged Appreciation, current-events, Enjoyment, Gifts, Grief, Identity, Life, Loss, Perseverance, Quiet Time, Renewal, Stress, Suffering, Trust, Worry
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The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Living in the Past: The shooting of JFK was another of those incidents so life stopping that people remember what they were doing at the time. I was a college freshman in the Autumn of 1963. I was part of … Continue reading
Book Review of “Memory Theft”
Local newspaper gives favorable review to “Memory Theft” Grieving man faces threats to his past in novel by local author Anyone who would like to find out more may do so at http://www.richrockwood.com.
Posted in eReading, Faith, Forgiveness, Gambling, Grief, love, Perseverance, relationships, Stress, Uncategorized
Tagged Extortion, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief, Perseverance, Self Worth, Suffering, Trust, Worry
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The Lord’s Compassion is Over All He Has Made
“The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.” (Psalm 145:9 NRSV) What a tender picture these words convey. The Creator extends his arms of compassion over all: men, women, children, pets, … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Creation, Eternity, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief, Guidance, Heaven, Laughter, Meditation, mercy, Night, Peace, Perseverance, Quiet Time, relationships, Suffering, Trust, Uncategorized, Worry
Tagged Abiding, Aging, Children, Christ, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief, Identity, Loss, Perseverance, Quiet Time, Renewal, Self Worth, Stress, Suffering, Surrender, Trust, Worry, Worship
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God is Praised to the Ends of the Earth
As I read the verse below I was struck by the idea that God is known and praised all over the earth. “Your name, O God, like your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth.” (Psalm 48:10 NRSV) That … Continue reading
Posted in Creation, Faith, Faithfulness, Heaven, Laughter, Meditation, Nature, Perspective, Praise, Quiet Time, Stress, Suffering, Trust, Uncategorized, Weather
Tagged current-events, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief, Identity, Liberty, Perseverance, Prayer, Quiet Time, Renewal, Surrender, Trust, Worry
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