Road to Overcoming

After 16 months of trying to live a life without Billy, I thought I would have some answers to my many questions. I have some stories of God's grace and mercy to me but I can't say that I have any answers. The only revelation that I have is that this battle to overcoming grief is a discipline of seeking God and looking for His guidance one day (or hour) at a time. I gave a teaching at my church several years ago about Naomi from the Book of Ruth. It is a fascinating story of a woman who left her country with her husband and two sons searching for provision in a foreign land. While in that land, her sons married foreign women, then her husband and both sons died. She decides to go home and one of her daughter-in-laws wants to go with her because she loves her. Remember, when I gave this talk I had not experienced this awful grief. I just felt like I could really understand this woman. Naomi tells her friends when she gets back to Bethlehem, "don't call me Naomi,Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me." Read the Book of Ruth. It has a great ending. Naomi discovers that God has a bigger plan. His plan for her was to give her a wonderful grandchild that would not only take care of her but also make her a great-grandmother to David and the ancestor of Jesus. An ordinary widow has an important place in the full telling of God's story. Billy blessed each member of this family to know and walk in our complete destiny. My children and grandchild are all on the road to overcoming and we WILL see HIS STORY worked out in our lives.