January Blog
His Mercies Never Cease
Happy New Year everybody!
You know in Lamentations 3:22 and 23, the Word says that “…the faithful love of the Lord never ends. His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness. His mercies begin afresh every morning.” We have new mercies not only for a new year, but for every morning of every day because of His love and faithfulness.
As we look into the new year, Isaiah 43:19 says, “For I'm about to do something new. See, I've already begun. Do you see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.”
You know, when someone loses a spouse, it can feel like everything has changed. They must create a new life in many aspects. They have a new schedule, they may be forced to have a new home, the dynamics in their family change, they may have to go back to work, have a new job. They will eventually have a new normal, but this does not happen overnight.
The recently widowed person may feel like they are living in the wilderness and that it is a dry wasteland without their loved one. But God promises that in His mercy, He will create that pathway through the wilderness. And He won't just reroute that river He will create a river in the dry wasteland.
Again, these changes don't happen overnight as a person rebuilds their life following the loss of their spouse. At first, it can be compared to an emergency room or acute care. They can't function on their own without someone else helping them with things they can't even think through. “How do I do this? How do I do that? What’s happening? What’s going on with my life now?”
Things that their spouse used to do for them are now their responsibility. They have many new things to learn, so the experience is not unlike physical therapy. It is a long-term process to learn how to live in a new way. But God does not abandon us in those times. He is there. He will never leave us, and He will never forsake us.
In Philippians 1:16 the Apostle Paul said, “I am certain that God who began the good work within you will continue His work until it's finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.” The Bible says that the path of the righteous grows brighter and brighter until that eventual day. And that is not just for married people! That’s for those of us who have lost our spouse as well! And He will continue His good work in us. He has plans for us from the time we were conceived until the time we walk into Heaven with Him--plans for good! Plans to give us a future and hope.
But it is very distressing when you lose a spouse. That's why James 1:27 says it is pure religion and undefiled to help a widow and orphan in their distress. At The Widows Project, we do reach out to newly widowed women and men. And sometimes we walk alongside them for years as they build their new lives.
Will you help us? Will you help The Widows Project as we help the widowed in need?
Do you shop at Fred Meyer? They offer Fred Meyer Community Rewards.
You can choose to have them contribute to The Widows Project in proportion to your spending at Fred Meyer.
Go to the Fred Meyer website and your account, and then search for “Community Rewards”.
Please choose The Widows Project.
Thank you so much.
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