God is good all the time….
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you – the words of Jesus recorded in John 14:27
I miss my healed wife…
I can still feel her love….
I can still hear her laugh…
But I can’t hold her hand…
In the flesh…
That stinks….
The good news…
She has been with us all summer…
On every trip….
In every moment…
She has been with us…
In our hearts….
In our spirits….
We rejoice with her….
We are almost envious….
That she is in His presence….
I frequently ask Him….
Ask Him to look to His right….
And tell her I love her…
Because I do….
And always will…
And because I know…
That is where she is….
On His right side….
With Jesus….
And that is my peace….
That is our peace….
My children know it….
Probably better than I do….
We don’t pretend it did not happen….
We don’t walk on egg shells…
We don’t whisper….
We don’t avoid conversation….
We don’t dodge the thoughts of her….
Trying to avoid the memories…
We embrace what happened….
We embrace the pain…
We turn it to joy….
We embrace the thoughts….
Grateful for the memories….
Grateful for the discussions….
We shout with joy about her…
We laugh out loud with her….
We work through it together…
We cry together….
We rejoice together…
We embrace her memory together….
Together as a family…
Together with Jesus….
A new way of living with her….
We have a peace that surpasses all understanding….
A peace that only Jesus could give….
I see Him everywhere….
At work in my children….
At work in my life….
At work in those around us….
He is our refuge….
He is our peace….
He is our joy…
We are a three braided chord….
Me, my children, and Jesus….
A three braided chord…
That is unbreakable….
We may be shaken….
But we cannot be broken….
The shaking just stirs us up….
Inspires us…
To dig deeper into His Word….
Deeper into a relationship with Him…
Strengthening that chord….
Not weakening it….
As the enemy intended….
But taking it to another level….
A more intimate relationship….
His arms are around us…
I lose my breath sometimes….
Overwhelmed with His love….
Because He is squeezing so hard….
We are a stronger chord….
Stronger than ever….
If the devil had only known….
He would have left us alone….
I had thoughts to share something different today…
To share a conversation I had…
About Hope….
About others who struggle with our circumstances …
And how they should too rejoice…
That is for another day…
I gave this post to the Lord…
And these are the words He gave me…
I hope someone was blessed….
…. All the time God is good!
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