Another Death In The Family

[sandramead]

I lost my mother on Feb. 04 this year. Then on May 1st my younger brother (44) was hit by a car walking across the street. He died on May 3rd. I am so lost. He had no wife or children and I, being the oldest sibling have had most of the legal and paperwork to do. Also being the oldest sister in a family with 8 kids, I was more his mother than his sister. My mother struggled with mental illness most of her life. There is 9 years between he and I. I can't function. I just ordered his head stone yesterday and seem to be paralized. I have a very large family and they are all praying for me. They know I just lost one of my babies. It was all so sudden. My father was killed in the same way with the same injuries in 1973 when I was 16. The horror of re-living it all is more than I can handle. I have my 2 grand kids to take care of. My Son and the kids have been great, but I can't stop crying. I feel so lost. Please lift me up. As hard as I try to reconcile this in prayer, I can't stay focused to pray it through. My broken heart is so overwhelming. I try to reason that the Lord called him for a reason, and it's not my place to question it. I've always believed that unless it was murder or suicide it was God's will, but I can't make this dog quit chasing it's tail. Please help pray me through this. Thank you Sandy Mead

 

[Harold]

Our heavenly Father, one of the greatest challenges we go through is the death of a loved one. Anything else that may happen in life seems to carry the hope that it can change, but not this. Father, I pray for this sister and for the pain that she carries. Lord, I remember the hopeless feeling I had when my mother died over a year ago and the way that You helped me through it. I pray for her to be touched in that way, in a way that only You can do. Father, Your way and Your will is so above ours that many times we cannot see the reasons behind this type of thing. I pray for her to see Your will behind this and for her tears of sorrow to be changed into tears of fond rememberance of the lives that her brother and parents lived. May she feel Your Holy presence surrounding her right now and know that she is in the presence of the Almighty. I thank You Lord and praise Your name for the comfort that we receive from You. In Jesus most Holy and precious name, Amen.

 

[Janetmello]

Dearest Lord, thank you that you are able to share Sandra's grief; she's not suffering alone. Carry her through this now, Lord. Keep her tears in your bottle! Speak words of comfort to her now- let her know how much you care! Give her your peace and love. Help her also through the love and support of others. Give her grace to come thru this knowing she will see her loved ones again one day. Bless her. In Christ's name i pray. Amen!

 

[silentangel]

Lord, you have made the heart tender for a purpose and that purpose is LOVE. My heart goes out to Sandra today. She is so torn at these losses of family members. Lord, it is human nature to try to fix what is broken but broken hearts take time to mend and heal. I lift up Sandra and her family to you for this is so hard on all of them. I remember days when my youngest brother died. The tears wouldn't stop. The hole in my heart was growing bigger by the day. I loved him so. I cried to you and you wrapped your loving arms around me and helped me heal day by day. And when my father died, you were there. When my oldest brother died, you were there. When my next oldest brother died, you were there. I have, like Sandra, known and felt the tragedy of these deaths. You got me through it and now I have the memories of childhood to treasure, when we were all together as a family. Will you pass that peace on to Sandra today. May she come to your loving arms and may she think of earlier days when the family was together and how precious those moments were and are. Help her and her family to heal. Though her heart is broken, heal it with love. It is love that knits our lives together and helps us endure life's sad moments. May Sandra feel your peace. May she take comfort in knowing her family will be together again in heaven and the joy will last forever and ever. There will be no more tears of sorrow, no more broken hearts, no more hurting or suffering and we will be there with you, our Redeemer. Thank you Lord. Praise you, holy Lord. Amen

 

[SinglemomV]

Lord, I too, Lift Sandy to you. Lord, I know the loss of loosing a brother, Lord, it is hard. Encourage her Lord, Comfort Her Lord, She will see him one day with you Lord, In Jesus Name Amen