Monday started out ordinary. Then two things happened to make it magnificent. Or at least to alert me to its magnificence. A phone call. And an email.
A phone call telling me that a dear, dear friend delivered a beautiful, healthy baby girl.
An email telling me that my cousin got engaged over the weekend.
I know...babies are born every day. People get engaged every day. But it is uncanny that these two events would come to my attention on the very same day.
You see, a year ago, on February 23, my dear, dear friend delivered a beautiful baby boy. He lived less than 48 hours. My friend and her husband experienced firsthand every parent's worst nightmare. I won't even try to convey what that must have been like. There are no words.
Several years ago, my cousin stood in a beautiful church in a beautiful dress with a handsome young man at her side. I wasn't able to attend the wedding, but thanks to the internet and "bride and groom" websites, I was able to see the pictures. Hundreds of them, documenting their happy day--faces full of the promise of a beautiful future together. Then my cousin experienced a married couple's nightmare. The death of a marriage. Again, I have no words.
What I do know is that these two women and their families, despite grief and disappointment and anger and frustration and a myriad of emotions that there probably aren't adequate words for, continued to live...and love...and RISK..and trust...and believe in the promise of a brighter tomorrow and fulfilled dreams.
And God, who is ALWAYS faithful, and whose timing is perfect, orchestrated Monday to show me through these two unrelated events what He promises in Joel 2:25--
"I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten..."
I LOVE it when He does stuff like that!
2 comments:
I love it too! If only we could continue to remember these moments during the hard times!
Thank you for sharing these beautiful thoughts and powerful words.
Love you!
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