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The Storms Came Fierce
Of Loss, Pain, and Grace
John 14:1–3 NIV
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. [2] My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? [3] And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
The past few months have been a time of trials and testing for so many in our Church in January, our new Pastor was diagnosed with Lung Cancer and due to Chemo treatments for the past couple of weeks, our interaction with him has been through Zoom calls, emails and text messages, his wife and daughter come to services, but due to the treatments he can’t be around crowds.
But last week was an especially hard time, not this Sunday but last Sunday, when a deacon was rushed to the hospital with her heart rate dropping down to 22 beats per minute. Despite being given a pacemaker on Tuesday, her condition deteriorated, and it was believed she had a stroke. Hearing the gravity of the situation, I went to see her on Friday. As I pulled up to the hospital, I did not know what I was going to do except pray and read some scripture. Unfortunately, she had passed away an hour before I arrived, so I called others, sent texts, and fielded calls. Another deacon fell yesterday…
