Dear friends, please excuse my lack of presence here on my blog and my lack of visits to your wonderful sites. Much has been happening in our family. Please lift up a prayer for my grandfather and all my family and friends on the homegoing of my beloved Nanna. She went home to be with Jesus just two short days ago. She is truly Home for Christmas.
Below is a reflection I wrote twenty days before my grandmom's Heaven journey. I included it in my Christmas letter that I am sending to family and friends. I pray that you will know true and lasting joy found through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
For an expanded version of this writing that includes thoughts on grief and sorrow during the Christmas season, please click here for my site called Anna's Place. For those suffering during this time of year, please know that God truly cares. He is our Comforter and Counselor, Almighty God, Everlasting Father - our Prince of Peace.
Christmas blessings to you all and I look forward to visiting your sites again in the New Year.
Love,
Susan
Below is a reflection I wrote twenty days before my grandmom's Heaven journey. I included it in my Christmas letter that I am sending to family and friends. I pray that you will know true and lasting joy found through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
For an expanded version of this writing that includes thoughts on grief and sorrow during the Christmas season, please click here for my site called Anna's Place. For those suffering during this time of year, please know that God truly cares. He is our Comforter and Counselor, Almighty God, Everlasting Father - our Prince of Peace.
Christmas blessings to you all and I look forward to visiting your sites again in the New Year.
Love,
Susan
Everlasting Joy
by Susan Kelly Skitt
12-3-09
Joy - what a bright and cheery word! How often I’ve used it to express my feelings about life’s happy moments. Thoughts of joy spring to mind when as a child with sleep tousled hair I would thunder down the stairs on Christmas morning. Gasps of joy would erupt when I saw all the brightly wrapped gifts sprawled under our glistening evergreen.
Joy came that first Christmas over 2000 years ago, packaged not with bows and ribbons, but in human form fashioned with God’s hands of mercy and compassion. God has come to earth to save the souls of man, woman, and child alike. He has given a gift so priceless and perfect that I cannot contain the joy it brings – a joy that transcends mere earthly happiness found in life’s fleeting moments – a joy that lasts forever because it is found in the person and presence of the Son of God, the God-Man, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Joy – a celebration of life given to this world – experienced by the ones who willingly receive the gift - the fulfillment of what awaits the soul who trusts in the real joy-giver – Jesus. Joy – everlasting joy!
Joy came that first Christmas over 2000 years ago, packaged not with bows and ribbons, but in human form fashioned with God’s hands of mercy and compassion. God has come to earth to save the souls of man, woman, and child alike. He has given a gift so priceless and perfect that I cannot contain the joy it brings – a joy that transcends mere earthly happiness found in life’s fleeting moments – a joy that lasts forever because it is found in the person and presence of the Son of God, the God-Man, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Joy – a celebration of life given to this world – experienced by the ones who willingly receive the gift - the fulfillment of what awaits the soul who trusts in the real joy-giver – Jesus. Joy – everlasting joy!
6 comments:
So sorry for your loss, Susan. A dear friend of mine lost her sister this week. Any time is hard, but the holidays make it harder.
Susan
Sorry to read of your loss....but I did so much enjoy your reflections on Joy. thank you.....
Susan,
May God comfort you.
Your heart misses her.
It hurts.
But its a good hurt because...its' caused by the wonderful times you had with her...times you will miss...yet times that you are fortunate to have had.
And Because of God's gift of Jesus--who has saved both of you--you can be comforted with thoughts of being reunited with her in God's kingdom.
These thoughts on Joy are so precious. I know they were a blessing to you to write them.
Sorry for you on the loss of your dear Nanna. I know exactly how you feel--it is your loss and heaven's gain. Praying you find comfort in all the sweet memories.
Also wishing you a blessed new year of God's grace.
I am sorry to hear of your loss. Hopefully you remember me. I quit blogging for a while but I am trying to start again. And a lot has happened in my life in the past two years. Anyway, I lost my Dad this past May. So I am praying for God to comfort you during this time.
Janice
I'm so sorry for your loss. It's hard any time of year to lose a loved one, but particularly at Christmas. My grandfather passed away Dec 19th back in 1977 when I was 13 yrs old. I never really thought of how sad that Christmas must have been for my Mom, yet losing her 6 years ago this past October, I can only imagine.
You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers tonight! God bless.
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