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June 8
Monday


A LIFE
REMEMBERED

READ:
Psalm 139:1-16
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That we may be able to
comfort those who are
in any trouble, with the
comfort with which we
ourselves are comforted
by God.
__2 Corinthians 1:4
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Daddy, help me." Those were the last words Dianne and Gary Cronin heard their daughter say as she struggled to breath. Kristin, 14 years old, died suddenly--just 2 days after saying she didn't feel well. A strep infection attacked her body on Thursday. By Saturday, she was pleading with her daddy to help her.

Before Kristin died, I was scheduled to speak at her family's church in Soldotna, Alaska. In God's timing, I stood before the congregation the day after her funeral.

Kristin was one of those vivacious teens who loved Jesus and lived for Him--and whose sudden death leaves us with a million questions.

Because I went through a similar loss of my own teenage daughter a few years ago, I was able to offer some advice to this stunned and grieving church. First, I said, we must recognize God's sovereignty. Psalm 139:16 reminds us that Kristin's life was the exact length God intended. Second, I asked the church never to forget her family. Whether it's 2 months or 5 years later, the family will never "get over" losing Kristin. They will never stop needing Christians who care and remember.

In times like this, don't forget that God is in control and that He wants us to be a comfort to others. __D. De Haan
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`````````````````When we sustain a heartbreaking loss,````````````
````````````````````When grief overwhelms our soul,``````````````
````````````````The Savior who gave Himself on the cross``````````
``````````````Reminds us that He's in control. __D. De Haan````````
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In every desert of despair
God has an oasis of comfort.

**************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 139:1-16***********

1 O LORD, You have
searched me and known
me. 2 You know my sitting
down and my rising up; You
understand my thought afar
off. 5 you comprehend my
path and my lying down,
and are acquainted with all
my ways. 4 For there is not
a word on my tongue, but
behold, O LORD, You know
it altogether....

7 Where can I go from
Your Spirit? Or where can I
flee from Your presence?

8 If I ascend into heaven,
You are there; if I make my
bed in hell, behold, You are
there. 9 If I take the wings
of the morning, and dwell
in the uttermost parts of the
sea, 10 even there Your hand
shall lead me, and Your
right hand shall hold me.

11 If I say, "Surely the
darkness shall fall on me."
even the night shall be light
about me; 12 indeed, the
darkness shall not hide
from You, but the night
shines as the day; the
darkness and the light are
both alike to You. 13 For You
formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my
mother's womb. 14 I will
praise You, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully
made; marvelous are Your
works, and that my soul
knows very well. 15 My
frame was not hidden from
You, when I was made in
secret, and skillfully
wrought in the lowest parts
of the earth. 16 Your eyes
saw my substance, being
yet unformed. And in Your
book they all were written,
the days fashioned for me,
when as yet there were
none of them.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSISGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Spurgeon wrote of Psalm 139: "It sings the omniscience and
omnipresence of God....The brightness of this Psalm is like unto a
sapphire stone, or Ezekiel's 'terrible crystal'; it flames out with such
flashes of light as to turn night into day.
__Bill Crowder