If you are in Collin County or a surrounding area of Texas we invite you to join us as we begin a new session of Grief Care. We are a small, warm, friendly and confidential group.

Below is more information.  You are welcome join the group at any time during the ten weeks that we will be meeting this session.

Join us as we go through this grief journey together. It is comforting to know that we are not alone, and that there are others who do understand what it’s like to travel this road…while looking forward to the day when we see Jesus face to face and our children again!

Grief Care

For unto us a Child is born…

Happy 13th Birthday, Hannah!

Four years ago, one month before her 9th birthday, our precious Hannah went to be with Jesus.  We miss her more and more each day, but with each day we are also that much closer to seeing her again.  Looking forward to that day, and to the fulfillment of our greatest hope, when we meet our Lord and Savior Jesus face to face.

Happy Birthday precious one!

It’s Shoebox time again. We will be packing Shoebox’s for Hannah and sending them out. If you pack a shoebox for Hannah, we would love to hear about it. This last year we received a message from a mother in Colombia, thanking us for the shoebox her sweet daughter received. These shoeboxes really do make a difference in children’s lives! Beyond the toys and other gifts that the shoeboxes are filled with, they also receive the greatest gift there is — learning about Jesus!

This week at GriefShare we were discussing how most people are afraid to talk about your child, spouse or other loved one who has died.  It is such an uncomfortable subject for so many people, and I’ve even heard several times that people are afraid to mention Hannah because they don’t want to upset me, make me sad, or even make themselves sad.   I ran across this quote from Elizabeth Edwards, who lost a son, and thought it was so appropriate to share with everyone.

‘If you know someone who has lost a child or lost anybody who’s important to them, and you’re afraid to mention them because you think you might make them sad by reminding them that they died, they didn’t forget they died. You’re not reminding them. What you’re reminding them of is that you remember that they lived, and that’s a great, great gift.’

We miss our precious Hannah, we talk about her all the time, and we can not wait for the day we will see her again!  Jesus is alive and thanks to him, so is Hannah.

One day, Jesus will wipe away every tear!

The New Heaven and the New Earth

21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

5 And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” 6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. 7 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”