The Everlasting Arms
This devotional meditation by a Protestant Reformed minister reflects on God's sovereign care and eternal comfort through the lens of his mother's approaching death. Drawing on Deuteronomy 33:27 and Psalm 73:24, the author encourages believers that God's providence sustains them through all circumstances and leads them to their heavenly home, emphasizing the hope that death is a servant to those united with Christ.
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms -- Deuteronomy 33:27a At the time that I write this meditation, I have been sitting at the bedside of my godly mother as God prepares to take her to her heavenly home. After 89 years of traversing this earth, from childhood running around her dad's greenhouses and helping to care for her younger siblings, through 70 years of marriage, giving birth to three sons and providing the faithful nurture of a godly mother and...
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