LOST FOREVER
Genesis 37:34-35
"Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, 'For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.' Thus his father wept for him."
What hypocrites! Jacob's duplicitous sons put on a show of trying to comfort him when they knew all along what they had done. I wish I could know what words of consolation they gave him. But Jacob could not be comforted. He had lost his most-loved son. Children can never know the depths of anguish a parent feels when he or she has lost a child – whether by death or by separation. It's like a part of the heart has been ripped out. Jacob thought Joseph was gone forever and that he would never see him again in this life. At least I have hope that my son will return (to the Lord) before I die.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: There is pain in losing a child that the children will never know until they lose a child of their own.
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Have a hopeful day. Love you.
Genesis 37:34-35
"Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, 'For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.' Thus his father wept for him."
What hypocrites! Jacob's duplicitous sons put on a show of trying to comfort him when they knew all along what they had done. I wish I could know what words of consolation they gave him. But Jacob could not be comforted. He had lost his most-loved son. Children can never know the depths of anguish a parent feels when he or she has lost a child – whether by death or by separation. It's like a part of the heart has been ripped out. Jacob thought Joseph was gone forever and that he would never see him again in this life. At least I have hope that my son will return (to the Lord) before I die.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: There is pain in losing a child that the children will never know until they lose a child of their own.
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Have a hopeful day. Love you.
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