Dear friends of our close friends experienced a tragic loss yesterday. I’m not sure of all the details – their son was driving and the vehicle ran over/hit (?) his little sister, who died from the injuries. “Btolly”, a regular commenter on this blog, and her husband are with the family now. Please pray. Pray for the young man. Pray for his mom. Pray for his dad. Pray for the other siblings. Pray for those ministering to this broken family.
O Lord, our hearts are heavy with sorrow. Thy ways are certainly not our ways. Yet we want to believe that Thou art not forsaking us. O Lord, Thou art trying us as in the refiner’s fires, yet we believe that Thou dost love us with an everlasting love. Thou alone canst pour healing into our sorrowing and wounded hearts. Lord, we do not murmur. But Thou knowest how empty and lonely life has become for us… O Lord, abide with us, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. from the Lutheran Book of Prayer
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How awful. I will pray.
Oh I will pray, that is a heavy burden for that family.Heather
This is tragic. I will pray for them. So sad.
Such a hard thing to bear! I am praying –
Praying right now…
I will pass this on to our church prayer contacts tonight.
BB
Thank you all for praying. One of the first things the Dad said was that the whole accident was in such a way that no one person is to blame. There have been many mercies from God already shown, please continue to pray. We’re all a bit numb, and very sad. Thomas Watson, one of my favorite pastors of the past wrote a wonderful little book on Romans 8:28 called A Divine Cordial. In it he mentions the privilege of having fellow believers pray for you: And this is no small privilege to a child of God, that he has a constant trade of prayer driven for him. When he comes into any place, he may say, “I have some prayer here, nay, all the world over I have a stock of prayer going for me. When I am indisposed, and out of tune, others are praying for me, who are quick and lively.”
I cannot express enough my gratitude for the prayers offered on behalf of the family and all those they influence.
I will be praying also.
Praying for the family: “Let them find thy light in their darkness, Thy life in their loss, Thy joy in their sorrow, Thy glory in their valley.” Janie
Carol, this morning at a Bible Study I shared this need so there are 7 more ladies mourning with this precious family and praying for them.
Yes, we are praying too. God providentially caused our car to not start on Sunday after church. Just two families were still at the church. Archie got the call and we all stopped and prayed then. It broke our hearts to realize, to hear of this tragedy. My heart was heavy for Bonnie and Terry also, knowing that this was a huge grief to their hearts. Our prayers have been strong for the one driving the car.