As I searched the scriptures the other day, I came across a very special pressed Daisy that had been placed between the pages of my Bible many years ago.

Why this pressed Daisy is special to me will be the topic of our reflection today.

But first let’s grab our cuppa’s & get comfy.

Today, I’m having a Bush Tea that my eldest daughter gifted to me from her Outback travels. And thought a gf Pikelet (mini pancake) with Strawberry Jam & a dollop of cream would make a delicious accompaniment.

Memories Are Special

Now we’re settled I like to share a very special time in my life of which the pressed Daisy is a beautiful reminder.

Seeing that pressed Daisy instanty transported me back in time & brought a wide smile to my lips…

It was a beautiful Spring day as we travelled out West with a load of furniture & belongings on the back of the Truck.

Life was full of promise for a new Season in life for my youngest daughter & I, after much pain & sorrow.

The driver was my fiancé, a handsome & rugged man of the land, an Australian Wool Grower & Farmer. Who held much kindness, gentleness & love for my daughter & I.

As we travelled westward we came across fields covered in magnificent wild flowers. They were absolutley breathtaking.

My fiancé slowed the truck & pulled over onto the shoulder of the road.

I thought something must be wrong with the load & he needed to check or correct it as he climbed out of the truck’s cabin.

But he crossed the road & headed towards the wildflowers, picking a special one just for me & handed it to me as he climbed back into the cabin.

You can see why I have cherished that special moment ever since pressing that Daisy.

We were married a month later & had the most wonderful loving marriage,  just about as perfect as you can possibly get this side of Heaven.

Until he was diagnosed with a brain tumour called a Glioblastoma Multiforme Grade 4, he died 12 weeks of that diagnosis.

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Remembering the Good times while processing the trauma of Grief 

This week is the anniversary of losing my late husband, Ed. It has been many years since he passed into the arms of Jesus.

But he has never nor will ever be forgotten, though the agony of losing him no longer remains, a pensiveness does come at this time each year.

However, God kept His promise to me after Ed passed into Eternity. His promise was the following;

‘…I will turn your mourning into joy. And will comfort you and cause you to rejoice after your sorrow.’ 

Jer 31: 13 Paraphrased.

And I have indeed come to that place of rejoicing! Rejoicing in the sweetest memories of a kind & loving husband who treated me with much love, respect & gentleness.

I rejoice in having those two years & seven months of a very precious & blessed marriage together.

And I rejoice in God’s healing of much pain & sorrow.

We need to allow God…

Yes, we need to remember the good times as we allow God to comfort us & do His healing work with the trauma of our Grief.

But one day we realise that the pain &  grief have indeed been replaced by God’s rejoicing….rejoicing in the assurance of seeing our loved One again.

For Jesus Himself said;

‘Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

 In my Father’s house are many rooms.

If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

And if I go and prepare a place for you,

I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.‘  John 14:1-3

Until next time,

Jennifer

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