Hi! Today has been a hard day for our family! We said goodbye for now to our dear spiritual son and friend, Steven. Many tears have been shed as we have grown very close to him this past 10 weeks.
You would think after saying good bye to Esther-3 times, Damaris-1 time, Steven-2 times, it would get easier but it doesn't. Saying goodbye to Hannah in 12 days will be even harder:(
Today the Lord reminded me of how his Father must have felt when He sent his Son to the cross. I was also reminded how Jesus wept out of compassion for his friend Lazarus. So tears are a natural part of our saying goodbye for now.
My last words to Steven today were "I'll see you again soon, if not here then in Heaven."
Won't it be great when we get to be with all those believers whom we dearly love for eternity! I can't wait!
So life goes on, we can't push the pause button or the rewind but we can look back with many great memories.
I know that my life was changed this summer over 10 incredible weeks that the Lord ordained.
So until we meet again! We continue on...
Blessings
1 comment:
Deb,
Thanks for your words. I have a song that is mine and Christy's, but I also view it as my song with all of those who I have in my heart that have touched my life. Here are a few of the verses.
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
Because I knew you
I have been changed for good
It's from the Broadway Wicked, but I think it still merits comment. Sometimes we are ships passing in the night and we don't know if we will ever cross paths again. At the same time though, we often don't know just how much those passing encounters shape us.
Praying for you guys,
Aaron
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