lynne

i just learned that one of my favorite women in the world passed away yesterday. it's so strange: i feel like i've lost a grandmother or even a sister. her name is lynne. she's a truly truly beautiful, wonderful lady. she always answered the phone with anticipation and almost cried out with joy every time she heard it was me. i'm sure she did the same for anyone who called. her voice is unforgettable. she had johnny and i over for dinner multiple times and oh, how we laughed!! i can't stop the sadness from coming into my heart but i know that the "sting of death" is swallowed up in Christ. that is the best knowledge

sometimes i just want to hold everything and everyone dear to me so close that they can't escape or change or have to experience this crazy world.

although it would keep me content for a few seconds, it wouldn't be long before i would let them all go and just rejoice in God's plan.

this is oh so nice

the quotes, the lesson

"It was this willingness to find poetry in things around them that kept his life and Isabel's fresh, and they taught their children the secret of their elixir."

I hope my husband and I can do this for our children! That is the purpose of this blog--to find poetry in things around us.

i found some poetry today, in fact, while reading in the Bible:

"9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." Job 23:9-10"

at times it seems like i can't find God or i'm not sure what He's doing. but i take comfort knowing that He absolutely knows the end from the beginning and He knows "the way that I take". He knows the way before i've even gone there. and "when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold". after the hard times, i'll be a more refined me! and there's always better things to come, whether it be that things will get easier or that there will be better (harder) learning experiences. i don't know about you, but i rejoice that life = constant learning. i don't always rejoice in the process, but i don't think i need to. what i need to do is just find the lesson in it and keep moving, remembering and telling myself that there is refining goin' down! and i'll be a better person because of it. because of Him.