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and giving Your life for each of
these precious girls. And so we
know... that You are the God who
loves them; You are the God
who gave Your best for them...
Father, we thank You and praise
You that You are a Good, Good
Father. You’re a Good Father on
the clearest day. You’re a Good
Father on the darkest night.
You’re a Good Father when
everything makes sense to us
and You’re a Good Father when
we can barely see through the
murkiest glass. You’re a Good
Father when things unfold in our
way and You’re a Good Father
when things unfold in a different
way than we could ever imagine and we know this because
maybe we don’t understand
everything, but there are some
things we do understand … we
know that there is a cross standing in the middle of this story
today and that cross tells us that
You understand, that You care,
that You feel the pain, that You
understand the moment. And
that cross tells us that You are a
big enough God and a powerful
enough God to take what seems
the worst and to paint it in royal
blue. God, thank You for Salvation in life that instantly carried
these precious young women
into what they were made for
and Who they
were made
for. But so
much hurt is
left behind,
so much brokenness
is
left
behind
and I thank
You that You
are the God
of all comfort. I thank
You
that

Your Grace is not only enough
for everyone that loved them...
but Your grace is more than
enough, is super-abounding
more...I thank you that You are
close to the broken-hearted and
You draw near to those that are
crushed in spirit... and we know
that You are doing that now.”(4)
This is my prayer for you as well.
That in the midst of the tragedy,
you will see your Father. That
you will experience his nearness
and will bring your questions to
Him. That you will cry on His
chest and find your rest there.
And that from what seems like a
senseless tragedy, you will make
sense of how much He loves
you.
REFERENCES

1. http://www.focusonthefamily.
com/lifechallenges/emotionalhealth/coping-with-death-andgrief/coping-with-death-and-grief
2. Retah McPherson’s story:
www.retahmcpherson.com
or
the book: “A Message from God”
co-written by Retah and her son
Aldo, available from Amazon.
com
I would like to thank: Glynis
Rozendo and her husband,
Retah McPherson and Janine
Oosthuyzen for their willingness
to answer my questions and
share their story to help others
deal with grief.
BIO

I am a 37-year old wife to a
comic-book junkie and mother to
1. Fumia, Molly. (2003) Safe two cheeky boys.
Passages.York Beach, ME:
Conari Press
I live out my faith in Johannes2. http://griefwords.com/index. burg, South Africa and we never
cgi?action=page&page=articles (ever) ride to school on any
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zebras. Although that would be
3. Bob Goff, Love Does: Dis- amazing.
cover a Secretly Incredible Life
in an Ordinary World
You can find my words about my
4. http://passioncitychurch.com/ faith, my fears, my family and my
gathering/life-on-purpose/14:00 fun at www.aletterwrites.wordpress.com
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