I bought a card last week a lovely card expressing lovely sentiments:
God’s Gift of Time
We all need a time to grieve - quiet time for reflection
to sift through memories
and come to grips with what has happened.
We all need a time for tears,
not for the one who is now
at peace in heaven,
but for ourselves as we realize that things will never be the same.
We all need a time to just “be”
when we can open ourselves to God
and let the reassurance
of His everlasting love start to heal our broken hearts.
Lovely sentiments indeed unless you are delivering the card to a friend who's suffering with a heart condition and in the hospital with pneumonia. I was at the hospital when I realized I’d exchanged a bereavement card for someone else with a get well card for my friend. Which still wouldn’t have been a problem if I hadn’t passed the card around at church and eighteen people signed it! Don’t they know you are not supposed to sign your name without reading the document first?
It’s nothing a few artful strokes with a pen and the odd word added here and there wouldn’t fix. It wasn’t pretty, but this is the card my friend received:
God’s Gift of Time
We all need a time to grieve –quiet time for reflection
to sift through memories
and come to grips with what has happened, and our limitations.
We all need a time for tears
for ourselves as we realize
that things will never be the same.
We all need a time to just “be,”
when we can open ourselves to God
and let the reassurance
of His everlasting love start to heal our broken hearts, minds, and bodies!
What do you think? Should I take up greeting card writing?
Have a wonderful two weeks!