If you've lost anyone close, really close to you---a person who crosses your mind several times a day with thoughts like, "I'll have to tell ______ about this"---you know the feeling after the funeral.
What next?
How next?
It can be that way with any loss. Or victory, for that matter. Sometimes there's not much difference between the two. A new absence, a new presence---both bring a change in your life. The old has passed away. All things are new.
But right after the funeral, right after the final goodbyes, the new is not so wonderful. Old patterns, old normal is gone. We just can't see how the next day will make sense. We can't see . . . . That's just it. We just can't see.
We walk by faith, not by sight.
A surprising new normal is coming.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
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I like that... "We Just Can't See... and that is fine because we walk by faith and not by sight."... that might be an excellent line in a song someday.
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