Friday, April 5, 2013


Five Minute Friday:  After
I didn’t realize….

The gifts my parents truly gave me…

The joy of journaling on a pond behind my childhood home…

The sweetness of splashing feet into a cold stream with my best friend, Beth…

The kindness of a Grandmother who listened…

The tenderness of a young man’s love…

The joyfulness of motherhood….

The sorrow losing a child cannot hold…

The brokenness a failed marriage brings…

The healing our Father is able to provide…

The meaning of a covenant with God…

Until After…..

I grew a faith which was their gift to me….

I found my journals all boxed and ready to share with my daughter

I had to walk through life without her by my side

I heard her sweet words running through my head

I found his love again as an adult…

 I spent twenty-three years becoming their mother…

I understood that there are some Gifts from God which last only moments

I accepted that there is some brokenness only God can heal…

I saw that our Faithful Father heals all things….in His time…not ours…

I believed and understood that we live this live…our marriages…our parenting in faithful covenant with a God who is the KEEPER of COVENANTS…
 
LSMY

 

4 comments:

  1. Lovely sentiments...and you are so right...lots of our wisdom comes after tough times. Lovely.

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  2. You words are so true. It is amazing how smart my parent became once I became a parent myself. So much wisdom has come with each year I have lived and experienced. (linking from FMF)

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  3. Love the flow of you writing in this post! Beautiful share!

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  4. What lovely thoughts. I really loved your style and the flow of what you had to say. Thank you for sharing today.

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