Topics:<\/b> Grief; Loss; Ministry; Mothers; Purpose; Sacrifice; Service; Teens; Tragedy; Witnessing<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> John 19:25\u201327; Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Corinthians 1:3\u20137; 9:6\u201315; Galatians 5:6<\/p>\n
In 1992, Rosemary and Luther Smith of Beattyville, Kentucky, lost two sons in a car wreck.<\/p>\n
Darkness like nothing she had ever known settled over Rosemary. Yet she found solace in her faith. While following the hearses to the burial site, she heard church bells toll thirty-three times. \u201cAs I sat there and counted, it hit me that when Jesus died he was thirty-three, which was also the combined ages of my sons.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not long after her loss, Rosemary began a ministry called Fellow Travelers, a ministry to other parents who have lost a child. \u201cI now have a higher purpose than what I was doing, and the death of my sons took me there,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Every day, Rosemary reads the newspaper and searches the Internet for child obituaries. She either calls the families or sends them special packets consisting of books on loss, a music CD, a notebook of inspirational messages, and more. She gets about fifty emails a day from people requesting one of her packets. More than five thousand packets\u2014paid for by Rosemary and her husband\u2014have been sent all over the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are here to help other people,\u201d said Rosemary. \u201cIt gives me great joy to think God is using me to help others.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Kara Bussabarger, \u201cA Fellow Traveler,\u201d Southeast Outlook<\/i> (December 15, 2005)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Grief; Loss; Ministry; Mothers; Purpose; Sacrifice; Service; Teens; Tragedy; Witnessing References: John 19:25\u201327; Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Corinthians 1:3\u20137; 9:6\u201315; Galatians 5:6 In 1992, Rosemary and Luther Smith of Beattyville, Kentucky, lost two sons in a car wreck. Darkness like nothing she had ever known settled over Rosemary. Yet she found solace … Continue reading “SOOTHING
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