You place the sunflowers on our heads You place the fragrance of intoxicating drink Into our desert minds You place the weeping God into our clenched fists
I've known about death through the loss of family and friends, but never have I walked with someone through it for 3 months almost daily. To know what to say or pray was beyond challenging. AND my favorite friend, Soo (Sue) Prince had the worst cancer - pancreatic - incredibly painful. Soo has been my playmate in America, as well as across the pond in her country, England. Her wicked humor and love for Jesus was a lovely mix. I'm sad, frustrated, disappointed at her life being cut off before fully lived. I awoke early September 17th and sent her a prayer, "Jesus, absorb Soo's pain for her. She needs your promises to be true." I found out a few hours later Jesus had indeed absorbed her pain and she knows His promises to be true. She is in my cloud of witnesses now.
I have crawled through the shock of a quadruple bypass these past few months. The miracles are plenty. The emotions are frayed. The recovery process is arduous. Only the intimacy I've forged with Jesus sustains sanity. Hearing His voice remains a constant. A necessity. A wondrous love that I crave daily.