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cjwood:
awesome posts in this thread.  octoberose i hope and pray your heart has been lightened, if even just a wee bit.  for now.  lauriellen, your thread was especially inspiring to me.  as a mother myself, loosing my only child would be devastating, whether physically or spiritually.  i was a very "lost" case myself when i was younger.  such a heartache for my parents.  BUT, God the Father of Jesus Christ, IS Sovereign!  He KNOWS our heartache and loss.  He WILL make it right, in His timing.  the crosses we each bear sometimes knock us to our knees as we stumble trying to carry and bear their weight.  but, we do have Help.  a Comforter we can yoke ourselves to, whose burden is Light. 

i pray for you octoberose, and lauriellen, and doug, and to all parents who have had experiences of evil with their children.  myself included.

claudia

octoberose:
I can tell you all know what I'm talking about. Thank you.
 Just if you will, keep praying for me that I can love well in the midst of it all. And that I don't dwell in grief.  It's not that it's hard to love him- I love him very much. But it takes wisdom to love someone the way they need to be loved. And perhaps God in His great mercy may yet lay that young man flat and give him eyes that see.

Kat:

Jer 10:23  O Jehovah, I know that the way of man does not belong to man; it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

We are not even in control of the steps/path of our on lives much less the path of someone else. Do not fret about what you could have or should have done, there is no what ifs only what is and it could not have been any other way, as God has declared the end from the beginning. God is creating in each and every individual that has ever lived an unique individual who will fit perfectly within His plan. In order for this to be so each individual has their own set of circumstances to live out in their lifetime, some will be vessels of honor, some of dishonor. We do not know/see how God is working through our experience in this life, both evil and good, to ultimately transform us into what we will be. But I believe when He has become all in all His creation will be truly a awesome wonder for each and everyone of us to be a part of.

We as parents bring these precious little babies into the world and love and nurture them and raise them up the best we can, but it is God who will determine who/what they will become. It should make it somewhat easier having a knowledge of the truth, that all will be saved. But as mothers we will always grieve when our children do not turn out like we had hoped they would. But on the other hand I want to think that the evil that we all experience, directly or indirectly in this lifetime may turn out to be of some great benefit to a person's ultimate outcome. I will certainly pray for your situation.

mercy, peace and love
Kat

space.ace.jase:
There will be many others in this thread that will give you much better advice, but all I can say is this.

Life is sometimes SO HARD - when one whole day becomes too much just think of making it through the next hour and when one whole hour becomes too much think of making it through the whole next minute and when this is even too much just make it through the next second. If you are still breathing you are still living and if you are still living then you are making progress.

Many times in my life I have been suicidal and this advice I've heard from somewhere helps me keep going, second by second and breath by breath. Somewhat similar to someone climbing up a huge snowy mountain - they do it by little steps.

I pray that this may help you with your heavy burden in some way. God knows what he is doing and remember that this life is TEMPORARY (it will not be forever), holding onto these small truths helps me greatly.

PS. You never know what is right around the corner.

octoberose:
Thank you Kat and space ace, you never do know.
  I must sound like a broken record. This always kills me. Thank you for reminding me that it will turn out for good in another life.
  When asked by friends, I still don't know what to say in response to why God would want to harden hearts and minds. I know He does, but I still have difficulty seeing the why of it. I have no answer but am reminded that He said to  Job, "where were you when I laid down the stars?  ". In other words, we are not God and we don't have His mind. Is there something though I'm missing as to the why of it?

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