Early this morning my grandmother passed from this world to the next. It was difficult to watch her struggle between our world and eternity, but I know that she longed to go.
My grandmother taught me about selflessness and sacrifice. We had an unconventional relationship, because I cared for her physical needs more than she cared for mine. However, I am thankful for each moment that I was able to spend with her and I am thankful that I shunned my understanding of grandparents to care for and love on my grandmother. I will miss her dearly, but I am at peace knowing that she is with the Father after years of longing for his rest.
"In peace and joy I now depart according to God's will; my heart and mind are comforted, calm, and still; as God has promised me, death has become my sleep."
~ Martin Luther
Monday, March 22, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Love After Love
The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other's welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.
-Derek Walcott
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other's welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.
-Derek Walcott
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Wonderful Unpredicatbility
For the record, I watch too much "Friends" (this is my disclaimer)
When I was watching an episode I heard the quote from Phoebe
"One of the great things about life is its wondrous unpredictability"
The other night when i couldn't sleep I contemplated this quote
I caught myself wondering if this is true for the unfortunate events in life
If something awful was going to happen, would I want to know?
As I considered this, I realized that I would never want to know what my life will bring, because I believe that especially in the horrible and difficult aspects of life, God is present
He showed up to me the other night as I considered many scary decisions that lay ahead of us... God is in attending and I only need to let him in order to see the beauty of his plan
When I was watching an episode I heard the quote from Phoebe
"One of the great things about life is its wondrous unpredictability"
The other night when i couldn't sleep I contemplated this quote
I caught myself wondering if this is true for the unfortunate events in life
If something awful was going to happen, would I want to know?
As I considered this, I realized that I would never want to know what my life will bring, because I believe that especially in the horrible and difficult aspects of life, God is present
He showed up to me the other night as I considered many scary decisions that lay ahead of us... God is in attending and I only need to let him in order to see the beauty of his plan
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