You may wonder why I've started this blog post with a link about a fire. Eight years ago my husband and I spent our 25th anniversary in Mariposa. We rented a cute little house for 4 nights. Yosemite is only a half hour drive from there so we of course went there and to Mariposa Grove and wandered the quaint town of Mariposa as well.
Over the course of the last several months I have asked God for good memories because a lot of my memories have been of caring for him the last two years (the last few months especially, that were so hard) and I also have memories of his last days, being in the hospital, and then when he died. There are some good memories mixed in with the hard ones...even some from the hospital... But I wanted memories from before he got sick.
When I heard that the whole town of Mariposa was evacuated and the fire had damaged buildings and destroyed so many acres it made me cry, because of the time, the absolutely wonderful time, Phil and I spent there. And as I read about this fire, keeping track of the progress, memories, really good memories came flooding in... I can picture so many things of our time there. So, beauty from ashes.
I also want to share with you two things the Lord has given me this last week.
A little conversation I had with God the other day while I was falling asleep... He also have me an acrostic for trust.
I don't understand.
I didn't call you to understand. I called you to trust.
Totally
Resting
Under
Salvation's
Triumph
And yesterday He gave me this (Attached is a little pop memo I did to go with it.):
Grief is either a conduit or a barrier. I choose to let it be a conduit. My journey to healing... Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
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