Jonah & Widowhood?
Sometimes, you need to chew on scripture a little and let it really speak to you.
Oh, I know. It’s Jonah. He was flawed, but obedient. Well…
Sometimes, you need to chew on scripture a little and let it really speak to you.
Oh, I know. It’s Jonah. He was flawed, but obedient. Well…
How are you? Three words that I dread hearing; that make me freeze and back peddle and fumble with words. Why?
I love how God’s word reflects and blends with everyday life today.
Stuff. It’s just that. Stuff. Inanimate objects we assign value or usefulness. However, when your spouse dies, “stuff” all of a sudden becomes something heavier.
There are widows out there who feel like they have to live for their late spouse. Worse, are the family and friends who think, promote, and encourage this.
Today is a big remembering kind of day.
It’s the quiet moments that are the hardest. You know the ones –
We use filters in so many ways. Air filters in the heater, the car, the vacuum. Water filters in our fridge and sink. Apps on our phones, computers, and TV. Shucks, even cigarettes have filters. What is the greatest filter we have for our lives?
Can you picture a lion, pacing behind the bars, roaring, shaking his mane, seeing his goal, ready to run and move and live, only held back, caged?
I can attest to having all manner of thinks, but I seem to have departed from the text.
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