ENCOURAGING WORDS

Quotes to uplift the hurting…

Do not stand at my grave and weep"
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
... I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

One Door Closes..Another Opens

Revelations 3:8

When God leads you to the edge of the

cliff, trust Him fully and let go, only 1 of 2

things will happen, either He'll catch you when

you fall, or He'll teach you how to fly! 'The

power of one sentence! God is going to shift

things around for you today and let things work

in your favor If you believe, send it. If you

don't believe, delete it. God closes doors no

man can open & God opens doors no man can

close..

When you reach the end of your rope

you will find the hem of his garment

I would rather live

my life as if there is a God,

And die to find out

there isn't, than live my life

As if there isn't,

and die to find out there is.

Bob Diets in his book Life After Loss “The anniversary date of a loved one’s death is particularly significant. You will have done something you thought was impossible a few months earlier. You will have survived an entire year without someone who was as import to you as life itself.”

Henri Nouwen Heart Speaks to Heart “I trust in you Lord, but keep helping me in my many moments of distrust and doubt.”

Gary Sittser A Grace Disguised “Out of my pain, God became a living reality to me as never before.” I especially like this one! I now know we cannot fully understand how much we need him without coming to a point where you can’t live without him.

“Death changes us, the living. In the presence of death, we become more aware of life…It can inspire us to decide what really matters in life-and then to seek it” Candy Lightner Found of M.A.D.D. Giving Sorrow Words

Abraham Lincoln “The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time

Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arab Proverb

You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind. ~Sri Sathya Sai Baba

 Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope. ~Titus Maccius Plautus

Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier. ~Author Unknown

Hope is grief's best music. ~Author Unknown

Hope never abandons you, you abandon it. ~George Weinberg

There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to let go. ~Author Unknown

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. ~Edna St Vincent Millay