Today’s journey has me very torn.  Coming home last night was one time of only a few when I’ve gotten home to find myself sad to be here.  I always get home looking forward to getting the yard work caught up, checking on what’s growing in the garden and whats about to bloom in the flower beds.  Seeing the grandkids, reconnecting with the ministry work has always been fun.  Today, all I can do is hurt for those hurting.  God has already informed me that He is not absent from the hurt.  He has shown me that just like He has taught me to rejoice and learn from pain, He will do the same for Bonnie.

There is nothing like death to awaken the critical importance of living for God’s Kingdom purposes while we are here on earth.  We are so easily sucked into the events and activities of the day.  I am not the kind of person that will evangelize the world, but I do know God wants me to be a light of and for His Work.  I know too, to look with the spiritual eyes He has given me to see where He is working and then to join Him.  I do want to be far more awake to this as I live each day for my Lord and Savior–Jesus Christ.