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Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. I have a little card with this verse on it on the driver side visor of my van. It reminds me of this great Post-it note Anita kept on her computer for a long time: Trust deeply that God [...] Another journal that Anita kept was one about things the kids did. She only wrote about 10 entires each over the course of two years, but they are really meaningful entires and I think the kids will treasure them forever. Here is one of the entires from Ben’s journal. 7/10/06 11:06 pm I came home late tonight [...] from Anita’s notes – early 2006. Surrender - How do I work as hard as I must but also allow Him to do His work? How do I figure out the distinction between His work and my work?When I cross the line, the work I try to do becomes exhausting, When I slack [...] Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will work and not be faint. I have been meditating on strength and weakness for the last week (maybe more). I recently spoke with a man who lost his [...] Prince Charming is Dead… Today’s discovery was a three ring binder with an outline for a book Anita was working on with the title as seen above. Not a ton of writing in this one, but she had put section heading about different topics pertaining to being a woman primary income generator and things [...] Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. So you know for several weeks I have been trying to practice constant mindfulness of God. Turns out, it’s not easy. de Caussade has some [...] Thumbing through Anita’s senior class yearbook, I was seeking a glimpse of who Anita was in high school. Yearbooks are not necessarily great gauges of a person – a few fuzzy pictures in some clubs you participated in, some not very deep comments from classmates who signed it. I scanned through the hand written notes penned [...] So, I’ve been sitting around thinking a lot about pain, joy, love, grief, God, strength and so on, not in any specific order. As I piece together the puzzle that is grief and my life living with it, a few things actually started falling into place. First off, and I think I have said this before, [...] One of my Facebook friends sent out a message that October 15th was the official Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. I had never heard of it, but was happy to join in lighting a candle form 7 to 8 pm in memory of our lost children. Miscarriage is not a topic men speak about much [...] Greg’s Notes: A bunch of the room descriptions were unfinished. Here are some of the notes and semi-written ones. THE LIBRARY First room, filled with books. Haphazard. Relics of many meaning-searching days gone by. Real Estate. Wealth. Nutrition. Exercise. Each one starting from the outside and looking in. But that’s not where the problems [...] |
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