Tonight my "check in" simply read "clarity" at HT. I had no idea how much I would gain and how I would feel walking out of there. Listening to people discuss what they felt about why Job suffered and interpretations of the text was really interesting. Perhaps the part that I found most powerful was when a person spoke about how she felt she had to be with her father when he died, because she had always felt her mom died alone. Although I do not feel like I have to be with my father, I understood what she meant about her mom. It turned out that she discovered her mom was not alone and I can understand that moment as well... For all those years, I thought my mom died alone at the hospital, but my aunt recently told me, this was not the case, most of her family were there. In different waiting rooms, but were there. It brought tears to my eyes hearing her story and I was grateful that it was the end of the night and during our closing prayer, I thanked God for accepting my mom with family around her. I am grateful for the conversation after, I love that my son has people who care enough to ask. My children and I are so blessed. It was even nicer to arrive home to SLEEPING children... removed some anxiety about leaving on school nights....
Tomorrow is Thankful Thursday... Take the time to Thank God and those that touched your life.
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