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Sisters

August 24, 2023 by Pam Luschei

A dear friend sends me beautiful handmade cards with notes, quotes, and poems. This is a recent one I wanted to share. All along the grief journey, I’ve met so many other women who have been present in my pain, offered their love and prayers, and walk along the path with me.

I pray you have found others who “walk beside you or come in and carry you out.”

Poem Sisters

Author Unknown – Whoever she is, thank you!!

Time passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.
Jobs come and go.
Love waxes and wanes.
Men don’t do what they’re supposed to do.
Hearts break.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favors.
Careers end.
BUT………

Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how
many miles are between you.

A girlfriend is never farther away than needing her can reach.

When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you
have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life
will be on the valley’s rim, cheering you on,
praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on
your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the
valley’s end. 

Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk
beside you…Or come in and carry you out.

Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters,
daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers,
Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended
family, all bless our life!

The world wouldn’t be the same without women, and
neither would I. When we began this adventure called
womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or
sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we
would need each other. 

Every day, we need each other still. Pass this on
to all the women who help make your life meaningful.

"Grateful Yet Grieving"

FREE ebook by Pam Luschei | Click HERE To Download

August 24, 2023 /Pam Luschei
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Elisabeth Elliot

August 10, 2023 by Pam Luschei

My pastor asked a question recently that made me think, “Who is someone in your life that has a faith worth following?” I immediately thought of Elisabeth Elliot. 

When I was in college in the 70s, I attended an InterVarsity Conference where I first heard her speak. She spoke with conviction as she described her faith in God in the first days and months of becoming a widow at age 30. Her husband was killed along with four other missionaries in Ecuador while serving in the jungle of the Amazon. Elisabeth continued to serve the Quichua tribe for two years following the tragic death of her husband. She went on to remarry and became a widow again after several years. She married a third time and died in 2015 at the age of 88.

She was a professor and author of more than 25 books. I’d like to share some of her quotes from two of her books; “A Path Through Suffering” (1990, Servant Publications) and “Suffering is Never for Nothing” (2019, B & H Publishing)

“Every event in our lives provides opportunity to learn the deepest lesson anyone can learn on earth,…When our souls lie barren in a winter which seems hopeless and endless, God has not abandoned us. His work goes on. He asks our acceptance of the painful process and our trust that He will indeed give resurrection life.” (A Path Through Suffering)

“God’s presence did not change the fact of my widowhood. Jim’s absence thrust me, forced me, hurried me to God, my hope and my only refuge. And so I can say to you that suffering is an irreplaceable medium through which I learned an indispensable truth. I AM. I am the Lord. In other words, that God is God. (Suffering is Never for Nothing)

“I kept going back again and again to the promises that God had given me….Day after day God was giving me promises that just enabled me to through. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and today and forever. I didn’t need to worry about the next fifty years, which is a temptation for anyone who’s lost someone they love. You think, “Well, I guess I could make it through supper tonight but not real sure about tomorrow or next week, let alone the next fifty years.” 

My hope in sharing Elisabeth’s quotes here, that you find hope, comfort, and encouragement to continue in the journey that you are on.

"Grateful Yet Grieving"

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August 10, 2023 /Pam Luschei
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