AND, YOU DON’T KNOW IF THEY ARE WITH THE LORD?
HERE’S WHAT I DO…
If you remember, I have a son in Heaven and a sister. Absolutely I know they are with God and I will see them eventually. I am patient; they are fine, more than fine actually.
Selah.
Both of these people died unborn. My son (might be a daughter) went to the Lord when he was three months in my womb. Duane and I handled it quite well; knowing he was taken up. And my sister (may be a brother) also died; in my mother’s womb.
And then I have a brother, (six years older) my mother, my father, all four grandparents: all of whom I do not know where they are upon their deaths. Even is the same case with my Aunt Lulu (whom I was named after.) Not easy. Not God’s plan.
Obviously, I was not raised in the Church. I pretty much remember there was no praying to God in my childhood home…
Selah.
SO I HOPE!
Daily I will ask God, my Father, to tell them I love them, to tell them I am happy they are with Him (only if they are.) And to please tell them I am excited to meet them (if that is the case as with my son and sister) or to see them again (as in the case of my mother, father, brother, and all.)
IT IS VERY COMFORTING.
Selah.
See the good ideas God gives we who ask?
SCRIPTURAL TRUTHS FOR THIS JOY STORY:
Ezekiel 33:11
Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?’
Psalm 116:15
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful servants
1 Corinthians 15:26
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
Growing up in a home without the love for God, an invalid father, heavy financial hardships, and tremendous (sometimes dangerous) discord is always difficult. Add on to that extreme shyness, a feeling of inferiority, and some may think this girl was rejected. But God’s hand was on her and His heart was for her. Today, Ann Marie Turner has performed many great services in Jesus’ name for the love of God and man; and for herself! She has ministered in the male correctional for over ten years. Along with this website, Ann is the author of Joy Stories, Volume One and The Free Incarcerated Man. Writing about the joy of the Lord and the victory that is available for a willing soul is one of Ann’s now greatest joys! Ann’s prayer for you is to overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony. Celebrate the God of the Bible and your personal victories in Christ unceasingly! Revelation 12:11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.