I am secure in Christ. His presence and His approval is all that matters. Therefore I can make it my ambition to live out by grace perfecting holiness, not what I want to be but what I already am and who I will practically be for an eternity in heaven. I will not be continually defeated by a wounded ego, but will be at peace devoting the rest of my days not to the vain emptiness of self-love that lives for the sinful and the temporary. I know I am already loved by God. I can get out of the way and seek with God’s love now in me to spread of that love back to God and others. I will not use people to meet my needs, but realize my needs are met in the sufficiency of Christ and seek to bless the needs of others instead as Christ lives His life through me.
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#1 · April 18, 1999, 6:36 pm

Posted by: OKtogo1954 <OKtogo1954@...>

If anyone has any offerings in this respect, please post them to the list as
well as to Becca. It could do all of us a lot of good.
Thanks,
Matt Henry

<<The husband of a former parishioner of mine committed suicide just before
Easter. I have been working hard with her and her two children (a 6 year old
boy and a 1 year old girl, whom I baptized) to understand and cope with this
tragedy. I've been looking for books to read to the 6 year old (and later,
the 1 year old) to help him deal with his father's suicide. Are there any
you can recommend?

I have found good books on death and dying. Maria Shriver's new book, What
is Heaven?, is great, too. However, the only book I've found that mentions
suicide is When Dinosaur's Die, which is excellent. Do you know of any
others?

Also, if you know of any literature, handouts, booklets, books or anything
else that can help parents understand and support their children through the
process of grieving for a parent who has committed suicide, I'd appreciate
hearing about it.

Thanks for all your help.

Warmly,
Becca>>
bfbarnett@aol.com

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