Category Archives: Grief

GLEANINGS from Claudia: Letter to Becky

Dear Becky, I’ve wanted to write you again and life is hectic and busy and the time has been hard to come by.  So much has happened since the letter I wrote you just 15 weeks after you left us. … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Jacob

“I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.” Psalms 119:176 FOR JACOB Man of strength Until the one lamb you cherished Was taken by One who owns all How the mighty … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: A Byword

“. . . God has made me a byword to everyone . . .” Job 17:6 I love to pray. When one of my sisters in the Lord needs prayer or when I hear of someone that I don’t even … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Sam

“I am in pain and distress: may your salvation, O God, protect me.” Psalm 69:29 Fresh tears tonight as I grieve for a family I don’t even know. ‘Sam’, the 32 year old sister-in-law of a young man I know, … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Missing Today

“The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: A Cheerful Heart

“A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.  The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.  All the days of the  oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Seven Months

“Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.”  Psalm 9:10 July 29, 2011 marks seven months since Becky’s death.  I woke this morning with the song “Blessed Be Your … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Lost

“I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign LORD.  I will search for the lost and bring back the strays.” Ezekiel 34:15-16 Lost.  It has been a long time since I felt the intense … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Time and Eternity

“Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “’Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.’”  Mark 6:31 Time and … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Hope

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”  Hebrews 11:1 Sunday afternoon I’m heading to Athena to spend the night with Kristin and Christopher on the way to my last visit to the … Continue reading

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