“…Indeed, I will give you lasting peace in this place.”
Jeremiah 14:13b
Sometimes I wonder how I find it – lasting peace – in my daily life? Sure, when things are going great I can find peace. But what about the times when things are not so great…you know, the NORMAL times? It is easy to be at peace when I am someplace like this… but
when I have laundry to do and toilets to clean…different story. When I have to go to work, when I have to pay bills…the lasting peace comes from within. There are so many things around me that I miss…signs of Him that are there everyday.
Rainbows don’t happen without rain…nor does the sun rise on a new day, without the sun setting…
Lord, please help me seek and find you in all aspects of my day. Help me to continue experiencing your peace in my life. Help me to recognize the signs you put before me, even when they are not as breathtaking as a rainbow or snow capped mountains. Thank you for the blessings, for Andy and John, for extended family, friends, blogging friends…Lord, my blessings are too numerous to count…thank you.
Friends, his blessings are everywhere…things that can calm our souls and brighten our spirits. The blessings will not always be magnificent, but they are there…
Mary – your photos are amazing! You have become a blessing. Your words quietly dropped over at my blog – thanks for your encouragement. Peace to you today friend. – Nancy
As the weeks have drug on it has been easy for me to lose hope.
Will things ever get back to some type of normal? People were not created to live in isolation.
Will we be able to see someone smile or will we always look at them and only see their eyes?
Will people gather without having to sit 6’ apart?
I don’t know the answer and I’m not posting this to debate the news media’s portrayal of the pandemic.
I’m sharing this today because I spent some time with the Lord thanking him for the things I DO have and not focusing on the things I don’t have. The things I have lost since March.
I looked up scriptures about hope.
I made a list in my prayer journal of things I’m grateful for.
Life goes on. Life crisis continues even during this pandemic. People die naturall and tragically. And babies are born. And weddings happen and new lives begin.
This crisis in our world isn’t a surprise to God.
And my hope and security is in Him.
If you scroll through the photos, you see things that made me smile this morning and reminded me of the goodness of God - even now.
With all the grief and sadness in the world I wasn’t sure how I would handle today. How I would allow myself to grieve this loss? Today when there has so much WRONG in our world. In a post @deidrariggs shared today she reminded us that life goes on. And I realized that today this is my life. And I can grieve this loss. My life goes on... I am thankful for the 4 days we had her. On Friday I will remember each event of her last day and I will remember her dying in my arms.
And I will be both sad and grateful. #infantloss #trisomy18 #stlouischildrenshospital
Beautiful pictures.
~a
Mary – your photos are amazing! You have become a blessing. Your words quietly dropped over at my blog – thanks for your encouragement. Peace to you today friend. – Nancy
I second what Nancy wrote! I count you and your sweet encouragement as blessings in my life, Mary.