As we get close to Thanksgiving the stores have mostly sold out of their fall decorations and Christmas reds and greens are crowding out the remaining items. All thoughts of THANKFUL and BLESSED have moved onto JOY and PEACE.
As I shopped in Hobby Lobby today it pained my heart that every aisle of holiday décor featured a JOY item. Every color, every size, every texture. Little did I expect that each one would be a reminder of my Joy—my Amelia Joy.
Multiple times during our shopping trip did my eyes blur and my chest ache. I would turn away, bidding the tears to stop and my mind to settle.
When I got home a precious surprise pulled into my driveway. A car carrying two little grandkids who jumped out to greet me. The 3 yr old randomly said, “Meme, Millie lives in heaven” and I smiled with joy that she remembered her little aunt.
As I cooked dinner her older Aunts gathered her on the couch, just around the other side of the kitchen wall and they watched videos of Millie together. As soon as that precious sweet voice poured out of the speakers, my eyes blurred and the sobs came. I was so grateful for the kitchen that offered me a place to hide. As I tried to compose myself again, I glanced out the kitchen window seeing the beautiful pink streaks filling the eastern skyline. Even through the pain of loss there is beauty that resides if we can only recognize it. There is LOVE, HOPE, and yes JOY still.
Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Blessings sweet friends…
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I still believe in Millie’s Miracle
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