{"id":2037,"date":"2015-02-08T10:10:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T15:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2020-12-01T08:43:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T13:43:45","slug":"the-greater-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/08\/the-greater-love\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greater Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since Dad passed it has been a whirlwind of activity and decisions. Due to mom’s precarious health and her request for a specific speaker at dad’s funeral, a date was chosen for<\/em> us.\u00a0We have 3 weeks to get it together. How some folks do it in 3 days??\u00a0I’m not sure if waiting is better or worse, but it has given me time to reflect and sort and think over the journey we’ve taken.<\/p>\n

Grief is a strange invader. It effects each person differently. Mine came nearly 5 years ago when I could no longer go to my parents for help or share the gut-wrenching walk through my husband’s cancer. I realized then I had lost them as mental support. Caregiving changed my perspective too. I became the parent, they became like children.<\/p>\n

I’m thankful we were given the gift<\/em> of walking day by day through death’s door. I watched him slip further and gradually away… so letting go was not hard. It was true relief. I wanted that freedom for him.<\/p>\n

Our mom’s path is different. I think her sorrow began when her husband of so many years could no longer carry on a conversation. She watched him grow more and more frail, yet denial over this being the end<\/em> held strong. Her grief continues now each day as she sits without him in the den. There is anger and a lot of frustration and sadness. All very natural reactions after a loss.<\/p>\n

We grieve differently, trying to be patient with one another.\u00a0Love is not always easy. It hurts. It also heals all wounds. What a challenge to love like Jesus did, to actually love to death.<\/p>\n

The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. <\/em><\/strong>Galatians\u202c \u202d5\u202c:\u202d6\u202c\u00a0<\/p>\n

ForGlorySake!<\/strong> –Anna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Three things will last forever\u2014faith, hope, and love\u2014and the greatest of these is love.<\/em><\/strong> 1Corinthians 13:13<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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