Friday, August 19th

Well Alas, another day at Daddy Daycare. I am not sure what I should do for a quiet time today, so when all else fails, just read. So today, I dig into the “Cry of the Soul.”

Matthew 5:4 - Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

1 Corinthians 15:55 - "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"

Romans 5:3-5
3Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Death (noun):

1. The act of dying; termination of life.
2. The state of being dead.
3. The cause of dying.
4. A manner of dying
5. Often death is a personification of the destroyer of life, usually represented as a skeleton holding a scythe.
6. Bloodshed; murder.
7. Execution.
8. The termination or extinction of something

Synonyms: afterlife, annihilation, bereavement, casualty, cessation, curtains, darkness, decease, demise, departure, destruction, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, eradication, eternal rest, euthanasia, exit, expiration, extermination, extinction, fatality, finis, finish, future home, grave, grim reaper, loss, mortality, necrosis, obliteration, oblivion, parting, passing, passing over, quietus, release, repose, ruin, ruination, silence, sleep, termination, tomb, un

I wanted to include the synonyms just to deepen my heart and really think about it all – to take it all in…


I also wanted a black background to be somewhat morbid – to make it a little grim. On One side, we have Darth… (Grim Reaper)… and on the other side, our savior, and when we have loved ones come to pass, obviously we want the side of the savior, as well as for ourselves. Romans 5 tells me that when I loose a loved one, suffering is normal. It tells me that I have a process to go through and that process is suffering, I persevere over that and by doing so I develop character. And with character, I get hope. Now, going to the other scriptures, I can then apply this learning to them. When I have hope, how can death truly prevail? And when I mourn, I WILL be comforted, because that is what hope is… (hope is a verb that means: To look forward to with confidence or expectation). Hope is confidence that God will take care of me. And that is a good thing. Johnny Out.