SO, WHILE SNATCHING A FEW MOMENTS WITH OUR FAMILY TOGETHER YESTERDAY, WE HAD TO RUN A COUPLE OF ERRANDS, GET MY LIL’ MAN’S HAIR CUT, HIT THE STORE, THEN COME STRAIGHT HOME. THAT WAS THE PLAN, ANYWAY. CUT TO A FEW HOURS LATER: MY SON WAS DROPPED OFF AT MY SISTER’S HOUSE WHILE MY HUSBAND TOOK ME TO THE ER. YEAH. THEY DID THREE X-RAYS ON MY ANKLE, I SPRAINED IT PRETTY BADLY. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS I DIDN’T BREAK IT. FOR NOW, I HAVE TO STAY OFF OF IT. PRETTY HARD TO DO WHEN ONE HAS A FOUR-YEAR-OLD TO RUN AFTER. MEANWHILE, THE SWEET HANDSOME HUSBAND IS TAKING CARE OF ME. I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’D DO WITHOUT HIM. AND DYLAN KEEPS KISSING MY ANKLE TO MAKE IT BETTER. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE OVER WITH SOON. IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW I’M NOT ONE WHO LIKES TO SIT FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE AT A TIME! IT’S DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANY ENCOURAGEMENT AND PRAYER IS EXTREMELY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU!

THERE WILL NEVER BE AN ANSWER FOR SOME
OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH.
SOMETIMES WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP GOING,
THOUGH NOTHING INSIDE US WANTS TO.

THERE ARE TIMES IN LIFE THAT ARE FULL OF
DOUBT, QUESTIONS, GRIEF, AND FEAR…
AND WE WONDER WHERE GOD IS IN ALL OF IT,
IS HE REALLY HERE?

“WHY WOULD HE LET THIS HAPPEN!?” WE SCREAM…
WHY HASN’T HE STOPPED THE PAIN?
WHEN WILL HE STEP IN AND BRING US SOME
SUNSHINE INSTEAD OF RAIN?

AND MANY PEOPLE CLAIM THEY HAVE THE
ANSWERS WE’RE LOOKING FOR…
BUT THE REALITY IS SOMETIMES THERE ARE NO
ANSWERS…JUST A GREAT, BIG, CLOSED DOOR.

AND SOMETIMES IN LIFE ALL WE CAN DO
IS WAIT AND TRUST, OFTEN CRYING.
WE HAVE TO JUST SIT BACK AND HOPE IN HIM,
THOUGH WE FEEL A PART OF OURSELVES DYING.

THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS THAT HE IS STILL HERE,
THOUGH IT FEELS AT TIMES HE’S GONE…
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER HIS PROMISES,
SOMETIMES THAT IS ALL WE CAN LEAN ON.

THE TRUTH IS HE LOVES US DEARLY,
AND HE FEELS OUR DOUBTS AND PAIN,
AND THERE WILL COME A DAY-NOBODY KNOWS WHEN-
THAT OUR HEARTS WILL LAUGH AGAIN.

SO THROUGH THE SORROW AND THE DARKNESS,
WE HAVE TO CLING TO HIM-HE’S THE LIGHT-
WE HAVE TO TRUST HE’LL BRING SUNSHINE SOON,
THOUGH FOR A TIME LIVE THROUGH THE NIGHT.


J.N.S. November 1, 2008