As I was praying today I found myself praising God and thanking Him. Thanking Him for creating two amazing boys and giving them to me to enjoy for a while. Thanking Him for making a place in heaven for them and receiving them with open arms. Thanking Him that he made a way to live a life here worthy of heaven so I can see my boys again. Thanking him for being with us always even when our hearts don't understand and because he deserves all honor and praise, and who am I? I will still love him and I will forever Praise Him! When life is sweet say, thank you, and celebrate: when life is bitter say thank you and grow!

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Perspective is one of the keys to finding joy in our grief. It will allow us to be thankful despite our hard times, .It will help us to go from strength to strength , not battle to battle.

There are two sides to dying. The earth side that is often lonely and sad. And the heaven side that is amazing. Don't forget to think about the heaven side. There was a huge happy welcome there.

song in background is by Chuck Wagon Gang, "traveling on"

poem, "Hope Ever" by unknown

Memories can be precious, or sometimes they can be painful. Either way , we need to be thankful we have them.

song, precious memories, by Alan Jackson.

We want our life to be an encouragement to others. When we go thru hard times it strengthens our testimony of who we say God is.

Let's establish a beautiful testimony for our children and others around us that will enable them to take courage from.

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Let your smile change the world, but don't let the world change your smile.

Romans 8;28 tells us that ," all things work together for good." Do we still believe that when we are broken? Do good things come from broken things? The answer is , YES! God has always deemed it so. He was broken for our good, let us be willing to be broken for His glory.

God does all things well, all the time. Sometimes that takes going through difficult times to allow God to work with the soul, the most precious part of man to God.

Included are short stories of God's goodness.

music used by permission by Pam Thum, ,' life is hard'

Praising God in the midst of grief is the highest form of gratitude we can give God for who He is.

Think of simple ways to be thankful:

joy dare (mistakenly called truth dare in this episode) by Ann Voskamp,is easily found on Pinterest

Be thankful for the hard things in life, it will change your perspective.

Music in the background, "angels watching " by praise piano.

Excerpts from my journal allow me to look back and see what God has done for me.

Peace is a healing balm, and if we don't give our grief to God and let him exchange it for peace, we will be fighting ourselves. But God has a peace that passes understanding. We don't have to figure it out. We just have to trust.

Find out how God have his peace to us when Mandy's phone spoke peace .

song from the album. "scripture lullabies' called, "the peace of God."

In times of grief we feel weak, but with God in the grief, He has given us all the tools we need to gain strength. We are strong, we are brave.

the song, "He will carry you." by the Carr family

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