Not The End.....

S ~  Then this message came to me from the Lord:  “Son of man, with one blow I will take away your dearest treasure. Yet you must not show any sorrow at her death. Do not weep; let there be no tears. Groan silently, but let there be no wailing at her grave. Do not uncover your head or take off your sandals. Do not perform the usual rituals of mourning or accept any food brought to you by consoling friends.” So I proclaimed this to the people the next morning, and in the evening my wife died.  Ezekiel 24:15 - 18

O ~ His dearest treasure - his wife, taken away. This has always been one of the hardest things for me at accept. This was not sickness, or an accident, or a murder. God killed his wife and would not allow Ezekiel to mourn. I don't know how Ezekiel didn't quit.

A ~ There are many people who lose their dearest treasure, and many who acknowledge that God played a part in it - either by design or by withholding a miracle. The only answer that I can come to in this is the resolve that this world is not the end. Even though it can feel like the end, it is not. Ezekiel would see his wife again. Eve will see Doug again. Debbie will see Rob again. Dad has already seen mom again. Either 'God is love' or He is not. I still believe that 'God is love', and in times like these, we only see part of the picture, through a 'glass darkly'. Real trust - real faith - real hard.

P ~ Lord, there are no words that can express how overwhelmed I am when I read this - and I think of my dearest treasure - my Dree. No words at all - I simply can't even breathe. Thank You that You have saved us, and our kids, and death has no sting and the grave has no victory, for You have secured the way for us to be together forever, even though we will be separated for 'a little while'.