Cherish Your Friends...

I had a great night tonight spending some time with some very dear friends.  During this fun evening I had a chance to sit down with my girlfriend and we had an opportunity to share in eachothers pain in losing someone extremely close to us in our lives.  We found comfort in talking about our personal experiences, we found that the more we talk about our loved ones the more we healed and we found that we are not the only ones out there dealing with such a painful loss.

Everyone who has had to lose someone dear knows this pain.  Every loss is a unique one.  It's not to be compared with.  Everyones experience is different but the cost is the same.  Being a support to eachother and loving eachother the way God promises is the only way to heal.  To some, we may talk of our loves lost a little too much but to us, it's therapy.  When you grow up knowing a friend, a parent or a sibling and then in a split second...they are gone...you don't know the proper way to deal.  There is no instruction manual for this.  Certain friends and family will try to comfort you but untimately, they don't know what to say.  God bless them all for trying :-)

My best advice to give in closing is to not be afraid to talk of your loved ones.  They were an important part of your life.  They are part of what makes you who you are today.  They loved you.  As they look down from heaven and watch you...............they are so proud of you.  Take what you've learned from them and cherish it.  They will always be a part of you no matter what.

"Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? ......... No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow -- not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below -- indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord" 
Romans 8:35 - 39


To all my brothers and sisters out there...May God's blessings shine on you every minute of every day of your lives.


                                         Con Molto Amore,  Paiger