Tag: What the Bible says about dealing with loss

Bible Verse of The Day – 11-26-19

Luke 2:34-35 (NKJV) 34 Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against 35 (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

Mary, the mother of Jesus, experienced piercing anguish at the cross, when her Son was crucified for us.

Piercing anguish means to have severe mental or physical pain or suffering. To be extremely distressed about something.

There is such a thing as anguish, and many people suffer from it. Maybe we’ve had a loss, or something very bad has happened to us that has hit us deeply.

It has pierced our soul, and we cannot seem to get past it. The memory runs over and over in our head, and it is all we see no matter how hard we try to stop it.

No matter how hard we try to erase it or forget it, it just won’t go away. The pain is unbearable and there is nothing in life that will help it subside.

You are not alone. Your anguish is real, and it is painful.

Mary went through this same pain. She suffered physically as she watched her child be nailed to the cross and die for our sins. He was innocent, but yet treated like a criminal.

Jesus might have died on that cross, and Mary may have felt it, suffering greatly to the piercing of her soul, but a wonderful thing was birthed from it all.

Victory came!

There was a purpose for it all. Redemption for each one of us.

Jesus defeated death. He rose again, and He has made a way for us to dance, even during our time of mourning!

He made a way to let go of our pain and receive healing, deliverance, and eternal life. It is all ours through His death.

No more anguish; throw off the sackcloth and ask Jesus to take your pain and give you gladness.

Psalm 30:11 (NKJV) 11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness…

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-14-19

Ecclesiastes 3:4 (NKJV) 4 A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance…

Are we grieving over someone or a situation today?

We should not take our feelings lightly. Pay attention to them. Don’t push them down and hold them in. Take the time we need to fully recover.

Loss is a natural part of life, and grief is a natural part of loss. It’s important that we don’t cut ourselves short and suppress it. We need to go through it, to weep and to mourn at times.

Our health and the state of mind that we are in are important to God. What we are going through will either make us or break us, depending on whether we take the time we need to go through it properly. How we feel and how we function each day depends on the time we take to tend to our own needs.

A lot of times people won’t get their full healing because they put everyone and everything else before themselves. They put themselves last and just keep plowing through every day, hurting from the grief they carry.

You are important and you need your time to heal.

We can’t ignore it and work long hours to get through it, pretending it’s not there. We have to face it. And when we do, God will show us what it will take to come out of it feeling better, stronger and healthier.

Grieving over anything should only last for a season not our whole life. Being happy must come again.

Take the time we need to heal, to get some clarity, to get past the things that cause us to weep and then let dancing come again! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-9-18

Luke 23:43 (NKJV) 43 And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Hallelujah!

Where are our loved ones that have gone before us? Jesus said to one of the men beside Him on the cross, “today you will be with me in Paradise”.

That is a wonderful and encouraging thing to know and to hold onto. It is comforting to know that our departed loved ones who knew Jesus Christ as their Savior are with Him today in paradise.

We that are still here, no matter how difficult it is, must move on. We must keep going. We cannot die with them. We still have things on this earth to tend to.

Our time will come and we too will be in paradise with Jesus and with those that have gone before us. But, for now it’s not yet that time.

Be encouraged and comforted today. Your family member or your good friend, etc., is in a place called paradise, with Jesus. That is a great place to be! Amen.

Don’t worry about them. They are safe!

Yes, we miss them and our heart aches with the loss of them. But it’s time for us to let Jesus help us, to pick ourselves up and move on with the things that He has for us to do here. It won’t be long until we will all be rejoicing, singing and praising Him together, in His presence!

Let our heart beat again and live. Rejoice in knowing that He is faithful!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-2-17

1 Peter 5:6-7 (NKJV) 6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

I remember when my niece, who was just a little girl, fell out of a moving car and into the road. After, as her daddy was holding her in his arms, she said “DADDY”, for the last time. A short time later she was gone.

I cannot describe the feeling I had, seeing her little body on the bed in the hospital ER, laying there; No movement and no life.

I remember her little stories that she would tell us about how her daddy would brush her hair at night before bedtime. Oh, how she loved that time. Our little sweet niece was gone and there was a hole in our hearts.

When my teenage nephew was in a terrible car accident a few years ago, he actually died for a short time as they removed him from the car. As they laid him on the stretcher they were able to revive him and get a heartbeat again.

They took him by helicopter to the hospital, bleeding from the brain, with several other severe injuries. Doctors said there was no way he would make it through the night. He is still alive and thriving today.

Why does one live and one not make it? This is a question that many people have.

Seasons of life can be devastating, shocking and can seem unbearable. People go through extremely difficult things daily all over the world. We just don’t know it, unless they are friends or family members.

Along with losing a loved one, there are other kinds of losses that can affect us greatly.

For example, divorce is a loss. The sudden ending of a longtime friendship is a loss. Unemployment is a loss. Miscarriage is a loss. Abortion is a loss, etc.

There are many kinds of losses that people go through that are very difficult to endure.

One of the things we need to remind ourselves of is that whatever loss we go through, life is not over. It is not the end for us. Yes, that loss is real, it is painful and we must accept it. But we must keep living.

God can and will bring healing to that emptiness, that pain, that suffering, and that unbearable feeling that you can’t go on. There are things in life that, as humans, we can not withstand on our own. And if we try to, we will lose.

Trying to withstand it on our own will open the door to misery, anger, bitterness, jealousy, envy, hurtfulness and being just plain nasty toward others. God did not create us to carry these burdens on our own.

We can try to blame Him for it, saying “Why, God? Why did You let this happen to me or to them?”. And we can be stubborn and push away from Him. But it will not help bring the healing that we need. It will not help us or the situation. It will just bring more pain.

We will never get past this on our own. Healing comes from within, and if we don’t let it out and talk about it, there will be no healing taking place. Instead, there will just be a constant ache in our heart every day.

God loves you and wants to help. Reach out to Him today. Get the help He wants to give you.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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