I'm not a fan of Mother's Day. It just makes me sad. I've spent the morning reading my mom's journal while the dark skies poured down rain outside. The weather seems fitting for this day.
The following is an excerpt from her journal written on August 24, 2009, 4 months prior to her passing.
"We must continue to believe, continue to have faith, continue to plead with heaven, even if we feel for a time our prayers are not heard and that God has somehow gone away. He IS there. Our prayers are heard. "AND WHEN WE WEEP, HE AND THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN WEEP WITH US!" And so I found myself saying "remember, remember," how the Lord has carried you before just like all the prophets remind people thru history about how Jehovah brought the Children of Israel out of Egypt. I must remember and the family too about how we have always been saved and sustained especially in our deepest trial of losing Lindsey. He carried us through those dark times and continues to comfort us. Let us not forget.
Melanie called later today to say that she finally got a good night's sleep. She knew Landon would sleep because she knew I was praying for him too. The sweet thing is not that I prayed for that, which I did, but the sweet thing is that my prayer was answered. I am grateful. I must never forget that God is in our midst, even when I don't see Him or feel Him, and He and His angels are weeping with me. He does hear. He does see. He does feel. He does love.
Your mom was such a neat person, Mel. I'm sorry it was a hard day. I truly am. Thanks for sharing the excerpt from her journal with the rest of us, though. I needed to read that today.
ReplyDeleteI thought about you all day and hoped that things were going okay for you. I can only imagine what a tough day it was and am grateful you shared with us her beautiful testimony. This earth is definitely a much bleaker place without out her here. I didn't even know her but I miss her. I look forward to you introducing me to her in the next life, although I have a feeling I will recognize her because so much of her shines through you.
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