Riverbottom Ron
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A MEASURE OF HEALING
A BEAUTIFUL DAY,43 DEGREES HERE IN THE RIVERBOTTOM,I EVEN SEEN A COUPLE OF BIG FLOCKS OF TEAL FLY BY ON THERE JOURNEY SOUTH,AND MAN ARE THE ROOSTERS CROWIN,THEY REALLY LIKE THIS MORNIN.WELL LETS GET STARTED,,,{PSALM 119: 50 THIS IS MY COMFORT IN MY AFFLICTION,FOR YOUR WORD HAS GIVEN ME LIFE.}RECENTLY I ASKED A FRIEND HOW HE WAS DOING 3 YEARS AFTER THE LOSS OF HIS WIFE,HE SAID,"I FEEL IM HEALING.TEARS TEND TO BURN MY EYES IN STEAD OF RUNNIN DOWN MY FACE.TO ME THAT IS HE IS HEALING SOME WHAT FROM HIS LOSS OF HIS WIFE.HOW FITTING ARE THOSE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE CHANGES THAT HAPPEN AS YEARS PASS FOR GRIEVERS WHO HAVE ENDURED AN UNEXPECTED LOSS.SCRIPTURE PROMISES COMFORT IN OUR SUFFERING{2 CORINTHIANS 1 :3-7,BUT THAT HELP DOES NOT COME ALL AT ONCE.IN FACT,FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD,OUR DESIRED HEALING MAY NOT ARRIVE COMPLETELY IN THIS LIFE.THIS IS WHAT OTHERS TELL ME WHO ARE FATHER DOWN THE ROAD OF GRIEF THAN OUR FAMILY IS ,I STILL THINK OF MY DAD AND MOM AND BROTHERS AND SISTER AND ITS BEEN MANY YEARS SINCE THEYVE PASSED AWAY,,BUT I STILL GRIEVE SOME.IN THE MIDST OF OUR PAIN AND GRIEVING,WE ENTRUST OUR LIVES TO GODS SOVEREIGN DIRECTION,BUT WE ALSO REALIZE THAT GNAWING SADNESS WILL ALWAYS RESIDE IN OUR HEARTS.INDEED,GOD HAS PROMISED THAT HE WILL WIPE AWAY ALL OUR TEARS IN HEAVEN {REVELATION 7:17}.,BUT UNTILL THEN HEALING WILL BE INCOMPLETE FOR ALL OF US.GRIEF LESSENS BUT DOES NOT DISSIPATE.THE PSALMIST SAID THAT WHILE GODS WORD GIVES LIFE,THERE IS STILL THE COMBINATION OF "COMFORT IN MY AFFLICTION" PSALM 119 :50.EVEN IN LIFES TOUGHEST CIRCUMSTANCES,WE CAN,WITH GODS HELP,ENJOY A MEASURE OF HEALING...YA KNOW WHAT?ONE GOOD THING TO THINK ABOUT IS THIS,,,,,IF THE ONE THATS PASSED AWAY IS A CHRISTIAN AND YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN ,YOU ARE GONA MEET AGAIN ONE DAY AND AS SHORT AS LIFE IS ,IT WONT BE TO LONG.WHAT A REUNION IT WILL BE WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN AND BE ABLE TO PUT OUR ARMS AROUND OUR DADS OR MOMS OR SONS OR DAUGHTERS,GRANDMAS,GRANDPAS AND HUG AND KISS THEM LIKE WE USE TO HERE ON EARTH.MAN I CAN ENVISION IT RIGHT NOW ,SITIN AND TALKIN ONCE AGAIN TO MY GREYHAIRED DADDY AGAIN,AND MOM WHOS AWSOME MEALS IVE MISSED SINCE SHE LEFT ME ,AND MY BROTHERS AND SISTER THAT HELD ME AND TOOK UP FOR ME,AND MY GRANDMA ,{ESSIE} SHE USE TO SIT AND TELL ME ABOUT THE BIBLE AND HOW GOOD GOD IS ,,SHES PROBLY GONA BE SURPRIZED TO SEE ME UP THERE IN HEAVEN CAUSE WHEN SHE WOULD TALK TO ME IT WAS WHEN I WASNT A VERYGOOD PERSON AND CERTAINLY NOT A CHRISTIAN,AND THEN THERES GRANDPA ,,,HE USE TO LET ME SIT UP THERE ON HIS TRACTOR WITH HIM AS HE PLOWED THE FIELDS ,,HE USE TO ALWAYS TELL ME,,{POKCHOP }THAT WAS MY NICK NAME.LOOK DOWN IN THAT BOTTOM AINT IT PRETTY! GOD GAVE US ALL THIS ,,,,MAN AGAIN WHAT A REUNION WE ALL ARE GONA HAVE !BUT FIRST,YOU NEED TO HAVE GOD IN YOUR LIFE ,YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR,GOD IS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET TO HEAVEN,THE ONLY WAY ,,ASK HIM INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY,,,YOU DONT WANA MISS WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED ABOVE,A FAMILY REUNION LIKE YOUVE NEVER HAD ...GOD LOVES YAS , WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM ,,,RON,,IF YA NEED PRAYER LET BRAD OR ANY OF US KNOW WE WILL HELP YA OUT AND DONT BE AFRAID TO POST SOME THIN ON HERE EITHER THIS POST IS GODS POST AS LOREN CALLS IT AND THIS POST IS EVERYONES
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RON MAGGART FIELDON ILLINOIS
{TEAM BIBLE THUMPER}
ALWAYS REMEMBER GOD GAVE US FRIENDS AND COONHOUNDS, " I AM A GREATLY BLESSED",HIGHLY FAVORED" " IMPERFECT BUT FORGIVEN CHILD OF GOD "KEEP YOUR {FAITH IN GOD } FAITH SEES THE INVISIBLE,BELIEVES THE INCREDIBLE,AND RECIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLE. WERE BLESSED !!
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