Swan Song « TheNorEaster

Swan Song

June 28, 2009 by TheNorEaster

There has been another suicide. Pray. Please.

To that, I have nothing to add.

Posted in Essays | 14 Comments

14 Responses

on June 29, 2009 at 10:40 am graciehill48

I’m praying…
on June 30, 2009 at 12:08 am Michelle

Praying…

♥ ♥ ♥
on June 30, 2009 at 10:47 am annie

Praying, praying, praying. Prayed haard for you that night. Prayed with my husband. Prayed for all concerned. There will be victory in the midst of devastation. Our God is strong enough for this.
on July 2, 2009 at 12:46 am TheNorEaster

Thank you all.
on July 4, 2009 at 2:15 pm Michelle

I read the devotional you linked…very good.

Thank you.

Praying…
- on July 4, 2009 at 5:08 pm TheNorEaster
  
  Friend of mine, who lost his father a few years ago, sent me that link.
on July 4, 2009 at 9:47 pm Michelle

Hearing our words for what they are and understanding the pain–listening–is something God does very well. He is able to hear all our pain and understands us completely. I’m counting on His comfort and praying you will feel it as well.
- on July 6, 2009 at 4:04 pm TheNorEaster
  
  And I am convinced that God understands me in ways I do not. Thank you for your prayers, Michelle.
on July 5, 2009 at 5:35 pm annie

I just liked to that ‘nothing.’ It’s funny … that exact song was what God ministered to me the night before my Mom died. My Dad had called late – clearly very distressed at her condition – and it had really rattled me. I took a bath, and those words ran in my head, and I wept. “Give to the wind your fear. Hope and be undismayed. God hears your sighs and counts your tears. God will lift up … God will lift up … lift up your head.” Tears come now just remembering. Funny that it has been used for the same purpose again. Funny … in a God way.

How are you doing, my friend?
- on July 6, 2009 at 4:20 pm TheNorEaster
  
  I spent a lot of time with God yesterday, just writing and writing and writing–seeking Him. I don’t quite know that I am as focused as I want to be, but it helps sometimes just to listen for Him.
  
  I spoke with my pastor on the same day I read the e-mail about the news (the same day this post was published, actually). As it turns out, I did not know the victim–thank God. But I was concerned, and still am, that it would bring some things back. That’s what happened in March when my friend lost his mother…But like my therapist said, “It never goes away. But, after a while, the edges won’t be so rough and the emotions won’t be so raw.”
  
  Strange thing about the e-mail. My pastor actually used some of the same words and phrases that I had said in a relatively recent conversation with him about my own grief: “Choose your words carefully [when speaking to the survivors]. The peace that surpasses all understanding suprasses all understanding for a reason. I don’t understand, but I have hope.”
  
  I would never mention any of this to him, of course, because it’s too important to concern anyone with. But I am very grateful that he listened to me that day, and that he is sharing the lessons I have learned.
  
  I still don’t understand, but I still have hope.
on July 5, 2009 at 5:36 pm annie

sorry – ‘linked’
- on July 6, 2009 at 4:07 pm TheNorEaster
on July 6, 2009 at 9:50 pm darla

why is my comment…
- on July 7, 2009 at 6:14 pm TheNorEaster
  
  Err…I don’t know, Darla. Why is your comment what…?
  
  Nothing in the Spam-Monster.