Hovering
It has been just over 4 months since Jill went home to be with the Lord and so much has changed. One of my kids said to me recently, "Dad, thank you for making us realize quickly that Mum was gone and wasn't coming back". I was shocked, she continued, "in the early days we were mad at you because you pushed us all to face the reality and accept something we couldn't accept, but now we see the benifit of it, so thank you". How we tend to live or get trapped in a false world sometimes all because we cannot accept the reality of a situation. In the beginning of our Bibles it says that "Gods Spirit hovered over the face of the deep" Gen 1:2. I have always thought of it this way that God knew the world had no form and was empty, He accepted that but was about to change it so He hovered and studied it carefully. Maybe today instead of running and hiding, trying to pretend it hasn't happened you need to hover, study it, think of a way ahead and start working through the pain. My kids call me a realist and maybe thats true but we can't live in make believe worlds of tinsle and slendour and run away from the pain of reality. If you've lived at all you will have realized that sometimes life sucks. Learn to hover, accept what has happened while you watch and wait for good things to happen again.
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Morning Philip! It's good to get back on-line with you after a couple of weeks away. We spent a lot of time thinking of you during the last two weeks, and Caitlin was praying as only Cait can! I loved what you said about the sunrise in yesterday's blog, and I liked the comment about the dragon fly - it's more often than not the super-simple things that yell loudest at me. Last week, as we drove along the coast road at Fanore, we were looking out over the ocean (geographys not my subject, so dunno which ocean but it was pretty spectacular anyway..!)The sun was dancing on the surface and it was truly an awesome sight. So, we're all sort of quietly contemplative when Ella pipes up, 'Look Mummy, the sun wants to follow us home'...! The simple profundity of that childlike statement blew me away - of course the Son wants to follow us home! I love how God tells me stuff through my babies. So today, Phil, I hope you can feel the Son following you... Love you a big lot. J xo
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