I met a woman the other day
who shared
Her Story
when I asked her about
a beautiful locket that she had.
She showed me a photo of her
2 grown sons
whose faces she was going to place
inside of the locket.
And then she said it~
her sons were both deceased
as they had passed
within months of each other
of 2 different health issues
that came out of the blue.
My heart immediately started to cry
as I looked at this sweet woman.
I can't even imagine.
I didn't even want to imagine,
but it is
Her
Real Story~
Unedited.
Oh the heartache that this precious
woman will carry around for the rest of her life.
But oh
Her Joy
Her Comfort
Her Peace
as
Her God
is bigger than life,
because she said it~
that her
Faith
is what keeps her going.
Faith
in
A Real God
Who allowed this ,
yet
isn't His fault.
Oh how I questioned Him at that moment~
Why God~
Both Sons within months of each other.?
We can question
God
until we are blue in the face
and that is okay
because who likes
sorrow & loss & tragedy?
He doesn't either,
for that is why
He calls them
"light"~
small in weight
&
"momentary"~
fleeting; lasting for a markedly brief time.,
because these
Sorrows & Losses & Tragedies
"are achieving for us an eternal glory
that far outweighs them all." II Corinthians 2:17
All because there is so much more
beyond what our eyes can see
that overrides the
Sorrow & Loss & tragedy~
This sweet mother
continues walking through her
Real Story
only because
She Looks beyond
her heartache
because
She Sees beyond
her heartache~
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen,
but on what is unseen, since
what is seen is temporary,
but
what is unseen is eternal." 2 Corinthians 2:18
I am thankful for that beautiful
God appointment,
as it was a reminder
not only of the great sorrow that we all have to deal with in our
Real Stories,
but as a reminder
that
we have a
Great God
who has so much more for us
beyond what our eyes can see.
Real Life. Real Stories. Real God.