“He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever. He who sits on the throne says, ‘Look I’m making everything new!”’ – REV 21:4-5 NIV
“Grief doesn’t vanish when we try to lock it up, in a sealed drawer, yet that’s the way many of us are encouraged to cope; don’t talk about the pain, and it’ll go away. Anyone who’s tried that approach knows what a superficial exercise it can be. The sounds of silence, left to echo without response become more hunting than the actual words.” – Hope Edelman Motherless Daughters: The legacy of Loss
“As motherless women, we share characteristics we don’t usually find in our female friends: a keen sense of isolation; a sharp awareness of our own mortality”. – Hope Edelman Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
“And we know that all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified……” Romans 8:28-39 NIV
“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new”. – 2 Corinthians 5:17 NI
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us”. – Ephesians 3:20 NIV
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up”. – Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NIV
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own”. – Matthew 6:33-34 NIV
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart”. – Hebrews 12 NIV
“Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life”. The woman said to him, Sir give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water”. –John 4:13-15 NIV
“I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in what”. – Philippians 4:11-12 NIV
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds”- Psalms 147:13 NIV
“The spirit of the Lord is on me because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor”. – Luke 4:18-19 NIV
“Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long”. – Psalms 25:5 NIV
“The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty”. – Proverbs 22:3 NIV
“Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest”. – Matthew 11:28 NIV
