tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001283287642124869.post6535712354536075910..comments2023-05-11T08:14:40.205-05:00Comments on Missing Mark: For CathyMark's Mommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603130027027062924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001283287642124869.post-3378174187574442942010-07-29T20:24:37.994-05:002010-07-29T20:24:37.994-05:00On-going illness keeps me from being a very good c...On-going illness keeps me from being a very good correspondent, but not from thinking about you a lot. <br /><br />August is almost here; obviously, I don't have to tell you. I often think about what you said about wanting to "fast forward" to September. That is so right. I find myself dreading August on your behalf. <br /><br />Just wanted you to know that you are not forgotten. I do pray for you and I will - but just as much, I ache with you and am mourning Mark's death. I hate that he is not running through your house this month. I hate it.<br /><br />I heard a pastor talk about burying his young son, standing over the grave and saying to himself over and over, "This is not the final plan." We know that, but it doesn't make the current plan bearable, either. It gives us hope for the future, but it does not erase the now.<br /><br />Daily thinking of you, Angie, Mark's Mommy.<br /><br />With love for you and your family,<br /><br />Cathy in MissouriGroveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14867095709948739457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2001283287642124869.post-58355869765757359942010-07-21T23:47:00.917-05:002010-07-21T23:47:00.917-05:00Oh, Angie! I never, ever thought you would have t...Oh, Angie! I never, ever thought you would have the opportunity to answer my question so thoroughly - and so well. What I mean is: THANK YOU. The tears are coming as I write, but they are good tears. <br /><br />"Come quickly Lord Jesus," indeed - and until then, connections like this with other Christians are a foretaste of the Heaven I am (we are!) longing for so much.<br /><br />I will comment more later, but wanted to thank you, thank you, thank you for writing. Your from-the-heart, "lived out in the furnace of affliction" wisdom is worth...too much to put in words.<br /><br />"Ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers." Eph. 1:15-16<br /><br />Mark, if I long this much for your Mommy to be able to hold you again, only the Lord Himself can carry the weight of the longing she feels every moment. Father, make a way where there is no way.<br /><br />I do thank God for you and what you share here. You are being prayed for tonight.<br /><br />On Christ the Solid Rock we stand, all other ground is sinking sand,<br /><br />Cathy in Missouri<br />pouzel (at) juno (dot) comGroveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14867095709948739457noreply@blogger.com