COFFEE WITH GOD JOURNAL

 COFFEE WITH GOD JOURNAL

Tonight...
As I gather my thoughts
Of today...

Another Memorial Service
ANOTHER Family
That's starting a new journey
With an empty seat
At their dinner table...
With a spouse alone
Falling asleep...
Children....without their parent...
Oh....that emptiness....
Tears....sobs
That can never...
NEVER be described...
The numbness in one's
Inner most parts...
What heartache...

In the next place...
Balloons and confetti
Shot up in the air...
Celebrating the announcement
Of a new family member
Laughter and joy
Filling a room of family
Color coded dress codes
Cameras flashing...
Music aloud...
At the gender revealing party!
Dancing...
Shouting...
Presents...

Oh...
How?
The extremes...
How?
Doesn't make any sense...
In one moment...
Sooooo much Heartache
The other....
Sooooo much Celebrating....

I'm just realising
That we can get so busy
Caught up in life happening
Spending time...
With the grieving family
And the next...
Celebrating with another
Do we realise...
The preciousness...
The pricelessness...
The worth...
The significance...
Of life?
Of NOW?
Of forever?
Of eternity?

Can we just stop...
...and think...

No one is guaranteed....
Tomorrow...
Or the next...
So.....
Are you seeing...
Really looking...
At the beauty...
Of what can be...
What can grow...
From within
Only with a little soil
Good ground
Furtile soil...
That will make
The impossible...
......possible?

That no matter where...
You have been planted
Your story
Your highs
Your lows...
Scars and all
Beauty is found...
In knowing THE ONE
Loving THE ONE
Living for THE ONE
THE ONE who can make..
Beauty of ashes...
Rainbows from storms
Flowers blooming from rain
Crops to grow..
Rivers to flow...

Take time tonight...
To THANK THE ONE
Who sees all of you
Knows all of you
And still loves you...
Grants you LIFE
Tonight...
His goodness
His grace
His mercy
His love....
NOTHING BUT HIM!
THANK HIM!