Imagination....

Imagination....

Watching a Hallmark movie....the male hero is talking to the dadless 10 year old boy,  "how do you imagine your dad talking to you?"  As both missed their fathers whom they had lost at an early age...

I think of my grandchildren, three of whom will never wrestle with their grandfather, hear him laugh, read a story...four of whom will remember the wrestling, the laughter, the hunting trips, the fun  They had with their grandfather....

Or my children, their dad is gone forever here on earth, but forever InTheir hearts...oh, there were hard times, misunderstandings, anger, but there were trips, reading the Bible with dad in he big chair,  learning how to change a tire, fell a tree, drive a CAT,  drivers ed, tears at their weddings, stewardship of resources....

I sometimes think that Don died before his time......but God's word refutes that idea....each of our days are numbered, it says....

I imagined our lives going on and on as well, Into the future together...even though statically women end up widows ....the men dying earlier than their spouses...traveling, maybe doing some other missions work, stewardship things, planning, visiting our families often, doing business, giving...loving...

But, as imaginations go...they are dreams of the might have been, sometimes true, sometimes not...I wonder,,,is this the good that is promised in Romans 8:28?  How is this the good?  If wasn't my idea of good?  But God's....the ultimate decider..planner ...created and comforter....

Oh, we are moving on, still thankful for the big and little things, the times we did share...thankful that life goes on...there is still laughter, there is still wrestling, there is still life. .....with multitudes  of memories, pictures in our minds and in books...unresolved feelings, tears...maybe still some anger, denial, wondering why...different.....growing....finding true light at the end of a tunnel.....grief never finishes, it changes us,...we change,....hopefully for the better....

Moving on, trusting, seeking refuge in the Almighty, the Fortress, the Provider, the compassionate...the Restorer, the Shepherd, Redeemer...comforter ....Lover of our souls...thank YOU...for Your life....

Romans 5:1-5
Peace and Hope

5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.


"Biblically , one is pronounced  blessed when God is present and involved in his life. The hand of God is at work directing all his affairs for a divine purpose, and this, in a sense, such a person lives coram Dio, before the face of God" definition ...

Jesus calling....
January 26
Give up the illusion that you deserve a problem-free life. Part of you is still hungering for the resolution of all difficulties. This is a false hope! As I told My disciples, in the world you will have trouble.Link your hope not to problem solving in this life but to the promise of an eternity of problem-free life in heaven. Instead of seeking perfection in this fallen world, pour your energy into seeking Me: the Perfect One.
It is possible to enjoy Me and glorify Me in the midst of adverse circumstances. In fact, My Light shines most brightly through believers who trust Me in the dark. That kind of trust is supernatural: a production of My indwelling Spirit. When things seem all wrong, trust Me anyway. I am much less interested in right circumstances than in right responses to whatever comes your way.
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
—John 16:33

Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man… He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
—Psalm 112:4, 7