"If you can learn to laugh in spite of
the circumstances that surround you, you
will enrich others, enrich yourself,
and more than that, you will last!"
Barbara Johnson
Wise words from a lady who wrote Where Does a Mother Go To Resign, who now resides in heaven where all of heaven rejoices. She passed away in 2007, but I didn't realize it until today. After seeing this quotation I check to see what she'd been up to since her earlier ministry, Spatula Ministry, and discovered the sad news.
She established this ministry to help family who were hurting. She had gone through so much sorrow herself with losing her husband, the death of two of her sons - one in Vietnam and the other to a drunk driver, and she had been separated from her third son because of his lifestyle choices. Rather than love him unconditionally, she judged him, further distancing him from the Lord. The good news is that before her death he returned, and he is still part of the ministry.
I love a happy ending. I praise God for His mercy and grace in our lives. We don't have to understand why things happen or why He didn't answer our prayers the way we expected, all we are to do is to trust Him. Trust that He knows best. Since He's omniscient I'd say that's the right choice! After all He's the one who started it all...beginning with Creation til now.
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