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Your Daily Prayer - A Prayer for the Anniversary of a Loved One's Death · LifeAudio

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  Speaker 1: Life Audio Thank you for listening to your daily prayer,
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  Speaker 1: where we help you find the words you need to
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  Speaker 1: connect to your Father in Heaven. No matter what is
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  Speaker 1: happening in your life today, you can trust that God
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  Speaker 1: wants to hear from you. Right after this short word
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  Speaker 1: from our sponsors, we'll pray through today's prayer. for the
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  Speaker 1: anniversary of a loved one's death. A Prayer for the
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  Speaker 1: Anniversary of a Loved One's Death Written by Vivian Bricker
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  Speaker 1: Read by Carrie Eichberger He will swallow up death forever.
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  Speaker 1: The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces.
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  Speaker 1: He will remove His people's disgrace from all the earth.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord has spoken. Isaiah 25 verse 8. My mom
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  Speaker 1: passed away from congestive heart failure 10 years ago this year.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes the years feel like an eternity, and other times
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  Speaker 1: it feels like no time has elapsed at all. Grief
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  Speaker 1: is a tricky thing. There are times when you feel
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  Speaker 1: you are getting better and then there are times when
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  Speaker 1: you break down in tears when you simply think of
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  Speaker 1: your loved one who has passed away. After talking to therapists,
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  Speaker 1: my sisters and I realized we struggle with complex grief.
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  Speaker 1: Most people can move on after a loved one passes away. However,
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  Speaker 1: for my sisters and me, we could not move forward.
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  Speaker 1: This is known as complex grief. The grief has never lifted.
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  Speaker 1: I still think about my mom all the time. I
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  Speaker 1: mourn for her, and I feel like a piece of
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  Speaker 1: me died with her. Life is completely different now. It
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  Speaker 1: could never be the same without her. My mom was
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  Speaker 1: instrumental to my life. She believed in me when I
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  Speaker 1: gave up on myself. She pushed me to be the
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  Speaker 1: best version of myself possible. And she was a hard critic,
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  Speaker 1: yet it helped me develop a tough skin for life.
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  Speaker 1: Losing my mom to CHF was not on the game
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  Speaker 1: plan for my life. I wanted my mom to walk
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  Speaker 1: through college with me, see me land my first job,
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  Speaker 1: and get my own place. Our moms are often the
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  Speaker 1: proudest of us when we accomplish something that seemed impossible.
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  Speaker 1: Although we did not think we could accomplish a certain goal,
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  Speaker 1: they never doubted us for one second. It is painful
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  Speaker 1: to watch our loved ones leave our lives, especially when
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  Speaker 1: they are gone far too soon. My life was just
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  Speaker 1: starting when my mom passed away. Everyone at college was
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  Speaker 1: flourishing while I was decaying. For 10 days straight, my
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  Speaker 1: family and I went to visit my mom in the
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  Speaker 1: cardiac intensive care unit before she passed away. Although there
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  Speaker 1: were times when the cardiologist thought she was doing better,
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  Speaker 1: her heart would return to arrhythmias. Despite their best attempts
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  Speaker 1: in medicines, nothing helped my mom. My mom was such
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  Speaker 1: a strong woman throughout my life. it was paralyzing to
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  Speaker 1: see her lying in a hospital bed, attached to various devices.
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  Speaker 1: The strong woman I loved was still there, but her
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  Speaker 1: time on this earth was ending. As I have been
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  Speaker 1: approaching the anniversary of her death, I am reminded of
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  Speaker 1: the pain and agony, but I am also reminded of
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  Speaker 1: the love, strength, and happiness of my mother. In this way,
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  Speaker 1: I am to celebrate her life, a life that truly
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  Speaker 1: impacted everyone she came in contact with. If you are
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  Speaker 1: also facing the anniversary of the death of a loved one,
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  Speaker 1: find solace in these words. He will swallow up death forever.
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  Speaker 1: The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces.
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  Speaker 1: He will remove His people's disgrace from all the earth.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord has spoken. Death has already been defeated, and
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  Speaker 1: it will be completely eradicated one day. No longer will
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  Speaker 1: anyone have to die. We will be reunited with our
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  Speaker 1: loved ones in heaven and spend all eternity in the
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  Speaker 1: new heaven and new earth. In the new heaven and
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  Speaker 1: new earth, there will be no more crying, pain, mourning,
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  Speaker 1: or death. The Lord himself will welcome us and surround
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  Speaker 1: us with his love. We will see our loved ones again.
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  Speaker 1: And because of this, we can rejoice. Whether your loved
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  Speaker 1: one has been gone for a year or or decades.
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  Speaker 1: Take heart. You will see them again. Praise be to
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  Speaker 1: the Lord forever. Let's pray. Dear Jesus, I am approaching
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  Speaker 1: the 10th anniversary of the death of my loved one.
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  Speaker 1: Pain is overwhelming at times. Even after all this time,
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  Speaker 1: I still miss them. Their smile, voice, and laughter fill
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  Speaker 1: my heart to the point that tears rise in my eyes.
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  Speaker 1: How I long to see them again, Lord. Please bring
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  Speaker 1: my soul peace as I'm navigating this difficult season of life.
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  Speaker 1: I will reflect on our wonderful memories and cherish the
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  Speaker 1: time we shared. Encourage my heart to remember that I
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  Speaker 1: will see my loved one again. You have defeated death,
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  Speaker 1: and one day, all will be made right. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for giving us this sure promise, Lord. In your name
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  Speaker 1: I pray. Amen. Amen. Your Daily Prayer is a production
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