PURE RELIGION AND UNDEFILED

We regret to inform you, your husband has been found dead...........What a shock.......... The craziness of taking care of all the details......friends, family, food....... The funeral......3 weeks later the world has forgotten you or they are so uncomfortable with your new station in life they avoid you.......that hurts more than words can tell.....invitations rarely come......you are no longer a couple and you just don't fit......the world smiles and offers their sympathy, then withdraws. There is no one there to hold you at 3 in the morning when the grieving tears slip down your face, so you cling to God. He becomes your lover, your friend, your husband, your brother and you begin to heal. You learn to create a world where you can survive. You let Jesus fill those empty places in your heart. I live on a block with 3 houses. In every house lives a widow. Across the street lives another widow, down the street is a widower and a widow. We should call it widows avenue. One of the loneliest days of the year is Valentines day. Church and community activities are geared for couples. Widows do not fit. My friend was impressed by the Holy one to give an elegant dinner and invite widows and divorced ladies. She has several dinners a year. It is lovely and a time of fellowship only those who live alone can understand. The ladies who attend are blessed, wounded spirits are healed, hope springs anew, and their lives are valued. I commend my friend for hearing God and acting on His instructions. For 35 years I was rarely addressed by my name. I was somebody's wife or somebody's mother, now I must make a place for my name. The Bible says pure religion and undefiled is to visit the widows and orphans. What a strange thing for God to say, yet when we look in His word God honors widows many times. So if your desire is to have the heart of God, visit the widows and orphans, Just rambling.....God Bless, LINDA