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Earthly comfort helps, but faith truly sustains

August 5, 2008 12:15 am

The July 20 article titled "Losing a spouse early 'almost too big to handle'" saddened me because it left out the most important source of support to assist in handling this kind of tragedy.

Since the death of my husband, Keith, last November to a rare protein disorder, my four sons (ages 9 to 15 months) and I have found immeasurable comfort in Jesus Christ. It has been the backbone of our family's healing.

Earthly comfort is wonderful, and we have found much of that as well from our church family, but the greatest comfort comes from knowing where Keith is, and that we will be with him one day when we enter into our reward.

Without God to lean on, we would not be able to function and continue with happy lives after so great a loss.

Our invisible God has made himself immensely visible to us in more ways than I could possibly mention. He promises to be a comfort to the widow and a father to the fatherless, and he has fulfilled this promise.

He has also blessed me with several new friends, also widows, who are seeking strength and comfort from their lord, just as I am.

Does this erase the pain of the journey? No; it is still a painful place to be, and a difficult thing to have happen. We do all have hope, though, because we know God has a plan for us and for our future.

My advice to anyone dealing with the terrible pain of loss--any kind of loss--would be to turn to the Lord. He will be your comfort and your strength, all the time, in all ways, as he will never leave or forsake you, as he mentions over and over in his word.

I would also strongly suggest that those in need find a strong, Bible-based church that will stand by you, as the church is supposed to do, and as mine has.

Liz Anne Wright

Stafford