tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403232.post115817126735474066..comments2024-02-10T08:46:51.419-05:00Comments on Rude Armchair Theology: GriefMike Croghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099387827886541138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403232.post-1158368743873134412006-09-15T21:05:00.000-04:002006-09-15T21:05:00.000-04:00There is a verse in Psalms that speaks to me in pa...There is a verse in Psalms that speaks to me in painful times like this (Psalms 56:8)<BR/><BR/>In ancient times, many people believed that if a person were dying and all other medicines had failed, they would try putting collected tears into the dying person's mouth in the hope of saving them. They collected these tears in a bottle for this purpose. It is a custom born of desperation, grief, and hopelessness.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what David meant by a bottle that God puts our tears in, I don't really care. What I do care about is that some how, some way, our cries reach the Throne, and mean enough to God for Him to always remember our sorrows.Monk-in-Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587433183262341491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403232.post-1158195929548054672006-09-13T21:05:00.000-04:002006-09-13T21:05:00.000-04:00Mike,My heart aches for your pastor and his family...Mike,<BR/><BR/>My heart aches for your pastor and his family, as well as for you and yours. Last summer we had friends lose their 5 month-old daughter to a heart related birth defect and it rocked our world. I pray the God would have his arms wrapped around you all during this time of terrible tragedy. And while it didn't seem appropriate at the time, looking back it was a great reminder of the power of the resurrection that we ended the Litany at the Time of Death with the following.<BR/><BR/>O: Let us bless the Lord.<BR/>C: Thanks be to God.<BR/><BR/>God bless you my friend.spankeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255755818094635488noreply@blogger.com