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Time To Leave Church?

I have been attending the same church for nearly 30 years and with the loss if my beloved wife I think I owe it to myself to take a hard look at my life. That includes which church I attend and if me being there is where God wants me to be at this time? It is a question that my late wife and a I talked about often. As of this moment my heart is telling me it’s time to move on because the church just is not meeting my spiritual or supportive needs.

However, everything is still clouded by my mourning of my wife which was less than 4 months ago. Scripture tells us to wait on the Lord I just wish he would hurry up and tell me what his plans are for my life.

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Want To Talk About Jesus I’m Your Man!

On April 3rd of 2025 the love of my life went to be with Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Being married to this remarkable woman was the honor of my life.

However, the thing that brings me internal peace and joy is talking about Jesus Christ. It’s something I have known since childhood and my late wife knew it and was supportive of it. At first she was like “oh no!” but she quickly came around. With her passing and all the uncertainty that it has brought one thing that has not changed is my love of Jesus Christ Just the other day I was speaking with another remarkable woman and when I mentioned Jesus some special happened. Jesus came up in regards to how I handled my wife’s last few hours. We were alone , in our den with those traditional hymns she grew up on and at about 6:30 it got real quiet. I picked up her arm and it just fell back to the bed and at that moment I knew her pain and suffering was over and she was with The Lord Jesus Christ. So if you want to talk about Jesus bring it on because I am your man!

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Kindness of Strangers

As we all go through life there are acts if kindness from people we have never met and probably will never meet again. Do you ever wonder who these people are and what motivated them to act in such a kind way towards you? Let’s be honest those kind folks often show up at times when we are not at our best? I know through the many years of my late wife’s health battles there were many acts of kindness by total strangers.

Here is an example as to what I am referring. I was walking the hall as my wife was having her 2nd open heart surgery within 9 days of each other when a woman approached. The woman asked me if she could ask me a question? That was ok with me. She said she had seen me walking by myself and said if I didn’t have any money she worked at the hospital cafeteria and we could use her credit to make sure I was fed. I assured her that I did have money on me but I did appreciate the gesture. I was just walking to kill time. That same woman could walk up to me today and I would not have any idea what she looks like. So when was the last time when a total stranger showed you an act of kindness?

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Why Me?

As we go through tough times there does come at some point that it is only natural that you ask yourself this question. Why me? It took 10 years of being a caregiver for my beloved wife ( and her death) and some potentially damaging news about my own health that I finally allowed myself to ask that question. Why so long you might ask? I have no idea. In many ways it is probably a miracle in itself that I haven’t allowed myself to ask that question long ago..

However, it really shouldn’t come as a surprise at all and frankly it’s part of the human experience. Throughout Scripture there are countless examples if people wondering why me? Even Jesus Christ had these immortal words “my god my god why have you forsaken me”? Or in other words he was asking his father in heaven the why me question.

So if you are asking yourself the why me question this day I have another question for you to ponder. As a believer the question becomes as follows. Why not me? You have The Lord Jesus Christ on your side while no believers don’t have that sense if comfort.