I’m Not Going To Say Anything About Oscar Except….

3-38pm

I haven’t had much time to watch the trial of Oscar Pistorius today, but when I arrived home, I caught about 15 minutes of it prior to the early adjournment. He was on the stand – a voice thick with emotion. A tired, exhausted man, broken, as he testified. The family of the woman he killed, watching, equally broken. As I watched and listened I thought, I’m not going to say anything about Oscar except to pray for him:

“Dear Lord, I come to You today to pray for everyone involved in this terrible tragedy. There is Reeva’s family, first and foremost who have lost a beloved only daughter. They are still heartbroken. You are the Lord of the broken-hearted and I pray that You will wash over the Steenkamp family with a healing balm of peace and comfort. As they face the future knowing there will never be a wedding, nor grandchildren, please Lord, won’t You give them a greater picture of the glorious future that Reeva is already living. Her body may have died on that fateful day, but her soul did not. She lives on in a spectacular new body, in a heavenly world, where You dwell. Reeva is in heaven which is greater than we could ever imagine; her life is more spectacular than our minds can conceive; she embraces more beauty than our eyes could see & she  is fulfilled beyond the wildest earthly possibilities that she could have hoped for. But she is not here and for the family, that hurts. I pray that You will enable them to forgive and to have peace beyond understanding. I pray there will be no bitterness in their lives and that they will know happiness again.

It hurts for Oscar too. We don’t know the exact events from that night, but we do know that Oscar shot Reeva and as a result, she died. His life will never be the same again.  I pray for Oscar Lord, I pray that You will give him a new start. I pray that he will be able to forgive himself. I pray that You will give him peace as well. I pray that he will be able to look beyond the here and now and know that one day, he too will be in heaven. I pray that he will be able to look beyond the devastation of his current emotions & that he will know that things will get better. I am sure there are 1000 words he would like to say to Reeva if he could. I pray that You will reassure him that one day those words can be spoken. Help him to see that Reeva does not want him to go through his life miserable and in pain. She is in a place of perfect peace. Help him to make peace with himself in that.

And I pray most of all that Lord, some good will come out of this. That You will raise beauty from ashes and most of all, You will be glorified. Thank you Jesus, I pray this in Your Name. AMEN!”

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

God bless you!

In His Grip,

Helga xx 🙂

Gratitude Pic…fun and laughter at gym today…we probably did about 50 of these waiting for the pic to be taken…hence all the laughter…