APRIL 2024 NEWSLETTER
APRIL 2024 NEWSLETTER
ROBERT
LINDENBERGER
Apartment 504.
405 INDIAN RIVER
DRIVE
TITUSVILLE,
FL. 32796
God is good all
the time; all the time, God is good!
Amen?
ME: “OK, LORD!” I picked up a copy and read, “I am here at
THE TOWERS, my forever home. That phrase
“forever home” makes me feel what the adopted kids felt when I placed them in
foster homes and got them ready for a forever home...” I see the disappointment, Lord. But I am ready for that total recall. Note: I would like to set the stage for that
morning when Anita was placed in the arms of our great, big, wonderful
God. Marion was in her chair in the
living room, and I was seated at the kitchen table. The telephone was between us, and it
rang. “I’ll get it and said,
‘Hallow.’ A persicos lady said, “Bob, I
have bad news for you. When Daddy tried
to wake Anita and say goodbye, she was gone.
I said, “Thank you,” and hung up.
Marian asked, “Who was that?” I
answered, “I’ll tell you later. Please
come to the table. We have to
talk.”
Marian hurriedly came to the table and
sat down. I said, “Before we start, I
want you to read John 14: 1-4, “Don’t let this throw you. You trust God, don’t you? Trust me.
There is plenty of room for you in my Father’s home. If that were not so, I would’ve told you, so
I am on my way to get a room ready for you.
And if I’m on my way to get a room ready, I’ll return to get you so you
can live where I live. And you already
know the road I’m taking.”
“Marian, do you remember when Anita told
us she needed $150 on Monday for a course she was taking in school? What was that course?” “Hospitality, getting rooms ready for wedding
reception.” We were so proud of her for
making A+ and loved doing it. Well,
Marion, I think Jesus was proud of her, too.
He has called her home to help Him prepare your room. When David tried to wake Anita to say goodbye
before going to work, she had already gone to her forever home.
Marion bowed her head, looked up at me,
and said, THANK YOU. I said, No, Marian,
that was THE HOLY SPIRIT ministering to both of us. Let us pray together; THANK YOU, JESUS! Marion bowed her head and began to cry. I ask THE HOLY SPIRIT what to say. He said, “No words, Bob. Hug her and grieve with her, be JESUS to her,
and I will make her feel that love. I
moved my chair next to her, and we embraced and cried together for a long time. When the tears dried up. We untangled, faced each other, and began to
laugh. Marion said, “This is crazy. How can I laugh at a time like this? I can’t stop laughing.” I barely got out, “It’s… The… Joy… Of… The
Lord.
JESUS: Where are you now, Bob?
Me: I am just a pilgrim on planet Earth, but I
want to repeatedly fall in love with you over and over again until I come
home. I live at The Towers, but this is
not my forever home. You are my Father
in Heaven and have room for me to be blessed together with you for ever and
ever. THANK YOU, JESUS!
Here are a few Scriptures that
helped me in the grieving process: Isaiah 43:2.
When you go to the waters, and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulties,
you will not drown! When you walked in
the fire of oppression, you are not be burned up; the flames will not consume
you.
Psalm 46: My God is our refuge
and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.
Psalm 147:3 He heals the
brokenhearted, binding up their wounds.
Psalm 103:14-16. For He understands how weak we are; He knows
we are only dust. Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers,
we bloom and die. The wind blows, and we
are gone–as though we had never
been here.
Matthew 5:45 Fot He gives his
sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and on
the unjust, too.
John 16:33. I have told you all this, so that you may
have peace in me here on earth. You will
have many trials and sorrows but take heart because I have overcome the world.
Romans 8:35-39. Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us
if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or in
danger or threatened with death? (Even
the Scriptures say, “What is where your every day; we are being slaughtered
like sheep.”). No, despite all these
things, overwhelming victory is ours, the Christ, who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever
separate us from his love. Death can’t,
and life can’t.
The Angel can’t, and the
demons can’t. Our fears for today, our
worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can’t keep God’s love
away. Whenever we are high above the sky
or in the deep ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us
from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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