More Thanks

Thank you, Lord, thank you for being with me through this journey that is so different this time. Thanks for placing those around me to help. Fifteen pounds gone and counting!!

I pray for B. with her missing niece in Pakistan and that whole family as she and the baby are gone. Please have T. get in touch with them.

Guide and direct Ben and I as we explore the painful process of looking at other churches.

Be with C. as he takes his GED the next couple of days. If it is your will I pray he passes it the first time so he can get on with his life.

Reveal yourself to me further to me, dear Father...

And could you answer the question about pets in heaven, please?!!

Laura

There are reasons somewhere for tragedies
though we will not understand many of them this side of eternity
but we hang on to You anyway, Lord, as you come to us in our grief
I see these families; you have brought them to their knees
they are raw and shaken by what You have allowed
Somehow through their tragedies we see the firm foundations they have built
bringing tears to our eyes as we see blessings, grace, mercy, compassion
They still believe, despite it all, even so, they still believe
Their faith speaks volumes, adds to our own foundations
I pray there be
blessings of comfort and peace
rays of hope shining down in moments
the "crumbs of life"
for all of us
leading to the gory of You