A dear friend is losing his sister to a stroke .. last week she was healthy .. moving around .. no problems .. today she is lying in a hospital bed with brain damage so severe that she’ll be headed to hospice care shortly .. as I talked to my friend last night on the phone and heard his pain .. my mind went back to my own brother .. and yes .. those feelings of knowing the loss is coming .. and yes .. that feeling of having no control over what happens next .. however .. I also heard through the pain .. a heart that knows that whatever the outcome may be .. when we’re at peace with God .. our lives are changed .. and yes .. we have access by faith into His very presence .. so yes .. we begin to look at things differently .. and yes .. we can be joyful even when facing the hard things that come into our lives .. for yes .. we know that life is not purposeless .. He’s taking our stuff .. and yes .. He’s making something good out of it .. for the truth is .. we’re all on our way to the prize .. and yes .. He wants us to be ready .. so yes .. He’s given us inexhaustible resources .. He’s constantly pouring love into our hearts .. and yes .. that love is so generous in supply that we have this overflowing love for other people .. He transforms our thinking .. and yes .. He makes His love real to us .. so yes sweet friends .. we must stay mindful to remember .. that yes .. it’s when we forget these realities and we focus on our inadequacies .. our fears .. and yes .. all the other manifestations of our smallness .. that’s where our troubles begin .. so yes .. we stay focused on these facts .. for yes .. this is what keeps us where we need to be .. wrapped in His loving presence .. full of His perfect peace .. while totally .. giving us the ability to move through the ashes to see the beauty on the other side .. for yes sweet friends .. He is love .. and yes .. He loves us big .. and yes .. haha .. oh yeah .. love wins period
Godspeed Angel
“To all who mourn in Israel .. He will give a crown of beauty for ashes .. a joyous blessing instead of mourning .. festive praise instead of despair .. in their righteousness .. they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for His own glory”
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