It has been almost five months since my last post.
The month of June has been a tumultuous month, running into July as well.
My heart’s aching, especially so today. The loss is real. I didn’t expect myself to feel this way, not to this extent.
My mother-in-law passed away three weeks ago. We have been staying together for the past 16 years. There are moments when I think of her and miss her. Just when I was feeling more functional this week, today, our Indonesian helper who helped to look after my mother-in-law for the past three years, flew back home. She has been faithfully taking care of my mother-in-law’s everyday needs, turning her every 2-3 hours, because she has lost control over her entire body. We would not have been able to manage the way we did without her.
The house feels empty. There is a mysterious vacuum in the heart too. I pondered about the joy as well as the pain that relationships bring. All human relationships will ultimately come to an end one day. When we reach that point, no one can accompany us, at least no human being can.
Our relationship with God is the only relationship that has the possibility of not coming to an end, if we walk with Him faithfully till the end of our earthly days in this mortal body.
Even though my heart is downcast, this, I shall call to mind – Jesus is our living hope and our eternal life. In him, we have peace. He has given us His Holy Spirit to comfort us.
Jeremiah 8:18 You who are my Comforter in sorrow, my heart is faint within me.
Psalm 34:18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Praise the Lord who heals the heart full of woe.
WEH PSALMS 