Family Videos II

It occurs to me that the post entitled “Family Videos” might have been painful for some of you.  That is because your pain is to live in, or to have lived in, a broken family.  You don’t have the sort of warm memories of which I wrote.  You have known mostly, or even only, anger and sadness.  I am so sorry.

Can you accept a word of encouragement from me?  Whatever your circumstances in the past or in the present, God is your loving Father.  He longs to hold you in his arms and comfort you.  For you, too, he will gather all your old and new friends (I plan to be there!) to watch the “videos” of your life.  Together we will all rejoice at how God was faithful in your life and how you were faithful to Him.  We’ll all see how you trusted God, in spite of the pain; how you loved those who didn’t love you in return; how you forgave deep hurts against you. 

I look forward to meeting you in heaven.  (I suspect God will introduce us as the writer and reader of this blog entry.)  I can’t wait to hear about your great victories over loneliness and despair.  No matter how you feel about it at this moment, we will celebrate great victories.  God will see to that.  Just be faithful to whatever He calls you to do.  Don't forget his promise:

"This is what the LORD says: "Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded," declares the LORD.”  (Jer. 31:16 )


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