Today, it seems many apps and services have a feature that will show events from the past use of the app or service based on today’s date. Amazon Photos has such a feature, I think they call it “Daily Memories”. Recently, as I walked by my Echo Show it was displaying “Daily Memories” that included pictures of Melinda after her brain surgery. I was taken back a bit as not all memories are good ones. My first thought was you need to turn off “Daily Memories”, but as I sat there watching the pictures change I began thinking about the love Melinda had for Jesus and about her telling that doctor all about Jesus while in the hospital. Even bad memories can be surrounded by good if you look for how God was working within them.
I can not tell you how many times in my life I have heard the saying “Time Heals All Wounds”. As someone that has most likely already lived over half their life, I find this statement lacks truth especially with the use of the word “All”. Ask any parent that has lost a child even if it was thirty or forty years ago if the wound is all gone. I agree that with time the wounds may hurt less, but for me wounds from as far back as elementary school still from time to time still hurt. They are distant wounds and don’t bring me to tears like more recent wounds do, so time does seem to help, but what helps me more is knowing that Jesus can heal my brokenheart and bind up my wounds. The knowledge that through Christ that I will one day have no more pain helps me to keep going each and every day and use that time to tell others about the love of Christ.
On July 25th, daily memories of Melinda’s past birthdays were displayed on the Echo Show. Melinda was never big on celebrating her physical birthday, instead, she loved to celebrate her rebirth day, the day she came to know Jesus. That is why I had to apologize to Megan when I did not acknowledge the date. It was not something Melinda really celebrated and I being of the mind why celebrate the date of someone that is in Heaven ended up hurting her as she thought we should. I will try to remember that for next year, but the date I told Megan I will celebrate is the day Melinda went home to be with Jesus. To me, that is a date worth celebrating. After all, I know I will see her and all the other brothers and sisters again.
It has been a while since I posted here and a few folks have asked how the kids and I are doing. I believe I am doing well, but as I have said before “Only God really knows”. I have felt the Holy Spirit telling me to take some steps back and focus on what God wants me to do. I am doing my best to do that and continue in his WORD daily. Step one, he has laid on my heart is to get the house sold, so I am working on it a little each day to prepare it for listing. You may be wondering what is step two, three, four,…? I honestly do not know, but I have faith God will reveal that to me in his timing. Brian is doing well. He is still in Houston most weeks, working a lot of hours at his new job. Megan has started Adulting as she calls it; new job, new apartment, new city. She asked me the other night, “How did you and mommy do it”. Do what I asked? She replied, “Work, take care of us, and all the other adulting things.” I just looked at her and said it is like that Christmas show, “You just put one foot in front of the other, and keep moving.” She leaves and then shortly texted me the link to this video.
Anyway, adulting (life) can be hard, there will be ups and downs, but if you have Jesus walking with you it is a whole lot easier. After all, this is the devil’s playground. We were not meant for this world the way it is; “Original Sin“. I have said this to several people over the last few years, I do not know how people do it without Jesus. I guess they don’t that is why our suicide rates have skyrocketed over the last 18 months. The simple fact is we are all going to die. It does not matter how rich or poor, sick or healthy, loved or hated a person is they will die in this world, but if they know Jesus they will be born again into a new heaven and new earth. I pray that you have a personal relationship with Jesus. If you do not I would love to tell you about Jesus and how he has helped me to stitch up my wounds and heal my heart.
