http://www.hvmi.org/blog Hope for When It Hurts Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:22:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.hvmi.org/blog/death-%e2%80%93-is-the-evidence-that-something-is-terribly-wrong.htm http://www.hvmi.org/blog/death-%e2%80%93-is-the-evidence-that-something-is-terribly-wrong.htm#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:22:35 +0000 Judy Blore http://www.hvmi.org/blog/?p=2060
What brought death? As much as I hate to say it, God did. He imposed death as a sentence of punishment because of Adam’s disobedience. Have you ever thought about that? How serious was the offense that death was the proper sentence? God has laid down the principle of equal punishment for the crime – [...]]]> http://www.hvmi.org/blog/death-%e2%80%93-is-the-evidence-that-something-is-terribly-wrong.htm/feed 0 http://www.hvmi.org/blog/of-two-worlds.htm http://www.hvmi.org/blog/of-two-worlds.htm#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:33:00 +0000 Judy Blore http://www.hvmi.org/blog/?p=2039
Rabbi Bunim taught:. We are each the joining of two worlds. We are fashioned from clay, but our spirit is the breath of Adonai. (from Tales of The Hasidim Later Masters, Martin Buber) You too are in two worlds. Fallen And resurrected, restored, heaven (Genesis 2:7; John 3:5-7, 16,17) I came across this quote in [...]]]> http://www.hvmi.org/blog/of-two-worlds.htm/feed 0 http://www.hvmi.org/blog/the-grief-nerve.htm http://www.hvmi.org/blog/the-grief-nerve.htm#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:35:46 +0000 Judy Blore http://www.hvmi.org/blog/?p=2025
Last night, at our grief group, a woman said something in a way I’ve never heard it before. A scene in a movie “hit her grief nerve” so she cried and cried, not about the movie scene but about her own loss, decades ago. Recently her mother died, and in that context the scene in [...]]]> http://www.hvmi.org/blog/the-grief-nerve.htm/feed 0 http://www.hvmi.org/blog/23-a-psalm-of-david.htm http://www.hvmi.org/blog/23-a-psalm-of-david.htm#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:54:27 +0000 Judy Blore http://www.hvmi.org/blog/?p=2011
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear [...]]]> http://www.hvmi.org/blog/23-a-psalm-of-david.htm/feed 0 http://www.hvmi.org/blog/newness.htm http://www.hvmi.org/blog/newness.htm#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:03:35 +0000 Judy Blore http://www.hvmi.org/blog/?p=1918
It is a new year. You might be saying – oh, good, a new year. Do you hear the difference between that and Oh, Good! A New Year! There is a “yippee” after this second quote but not after the first. The first is said with a flat tone of voice. As a grieving parent, [...]]]> http://www.hvmi.org/blog/newness.htm/feed 0 http://www.hvmi.org/blog/learning-from-simeon.htm http://www.hvmi.org/blog/learning-from-simeon.htm#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:30:21 +0000 Judy Blore http://www.hvmi.org/blog/?p=1914
Simeon is another of the important characters in the Christmas story from whom we can learn lessons that apply in grief. He was an old dude who loved the Lord and worshipped regularly. The Holy Spirit had revealed that he would see the Messiah before his death. So he was in the temple waiting. Then, [...]]]> http://www.hvmi.org/blog/learning-from-simeon.htm/feed 0 http://www.hvmi.org/blog/josephs-point-of-view.htm http://www.hvmi.org/blog/josephs-point-of-view.htm#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:33:06 +0000 Judy Blore http://www.hvmi.org/blog/?p=1911
Joseph was betrothed to a lovely godly young girl. Then he received some earthshaking news: she was found to be pregnant! Since Joseph “was faithful to the law,” he dutifully planned to “divorce” her – i.e. end the commitment to live the rest of their lives together. Thoughtfully, he “did not want to expose her [...]]]> http://www.hvmi.org/blog/josephs-point-of-view.htm/feed 0 http://www.hvmi.org/blog/god-sent-his-son.htm http://www.hvmi.org/blog/god-sent-his-son.htm#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:15:55 +0000 Judy Blore http://www.hvmi.org/blog/?p=1864
 But when the time arrived that was set by God the Father, God sent his Son, born among us of a woman, born under the conditions of the law so that he might redeem those of us who have been kidnapped by the law. Galatians 4:4-5 The Message When we think of Christmas, we generally [...]]]> http://www.hvmi.org/blog/god-sent-his-son.htm/feed 0 http://www.hvmi.org/blog/marys-song.htm http://www.hvmi.org/blog/marys-song.htm#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:08:32 +0000 Judy Blore http://www.hvmi.org/blog/?p=1823
I reread most of the Christmas passages this week and was intrigued by some ideas in Mary’s magnificent song, her response when she saw Elizabeth for the first time after they both had seen angels and both were miraculously pregnant: And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my [...]]]> http://www.hvmi.org/blog/marys-song.htm/feed 0 http://www.hvmi.org/blog/thankfulness-is-good-for-your-heart.htm http://www.hvmi.org/blog/thankfulness-is-good-for-your-heart.htm#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:01:26 +0000 Judy Blore http://www.hvmi.org/blog/?p=1814
Giving Thanks to God for blessings of each day, each week, our life-times is God’s command to us – be thankful. Give thanks no matter what happens. God wants you to thank Him because you believe in Christ Jesus. I Thessalonians 5:18 (NIRV) Let the peace that Christ gives rule in your hearts. As parts [...]]]> http://www.hvmi.org/blog/thankfulness-is-good-for-your-heart.htm/feed 0