Anne Graham Lotz, the daughter of famous evangelist Billy Graham, lost
her husband nearly a year ago. Lotz recalled what she has gone through
since that sad day in a recent blog post.
Danny Lotz, 78, passed away
on August 20, 2015. He was found unresponsive in the family’s swimming
pool and was rushed to the hospital where he passed away two days later.
"One year ago this August, my husband of 49 years moved to our Father's
House. He left suddenly … without saying goodbye. The shock was
horrific. But even during the days that followed, I knew that God had
not been caught by surprise," Lotz wrote in a blog post.
Danny Lotz was a committed Christian, and Anne, who is involved in
Christian ministry and evangelism herself, rejoiced that he was taken
home to heaven, even though she grieved his passing.
"Danny's move was not an accident — at least from Heaven's
perspective,” said Lotz, according to The Christian Post. “So I began to
look for God's blessings. They were easy to find because He showered
them down in abundance, and is still doing so today. But I have had to
choose to open my eyes and focus on the blessings instead of on the pain
and grief.”
Lotz also assured her readers that God uses times of great loss and
pain for greater purposes: "The next time you experience something
unpleasant or unjust or unkind or undeserved, 'consider it pure joy'
because you know that there are blessings in store for you (James
1:2-3).”
Lotz will be holding an eight-day revival beginning August 1.
“Do you long for revival? Not just a tent meeting. Not just a series of
church meetings, but an outpouring of God's spirit where God's people
wake up in their relationship with God. I do," she wrote on Facebook last week, talking about the upcoming revival.
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