what matters most

 Today...

 We need His constant whisper that He is here and we will make it.


We ask God  to help us not miss out on the good things that He has for us by submitting to despair.
 Every hard minute we have two choices...
 We  can focus on ourselves and our loss, which absolutely causes us greater despair...


or

we can choose to look to God and praise Him for what He is—our  absolutely sure Foundation, Everlasting Hope, Mighty Warrior, Perfect Provider, Beloved Counselor, Sovereign King of kings, Incomparable Protector, Great Physician, and Unfailing Friend. Even saying those names soothes my pain.

 His words say that despair and praise cannot coexist in our heart for very long. I believe that. Hopelessness does shrink when we choose to dwell on the abundant goodness and mercy of our Father and we voice our adoration to Him. God, please help us do that.

We are raw and broken, our HOPE is in Him alone.  Beauty is revealed in His Promises, and we cling to them..

The beautiful song below brings me to praise, and the long ago written words speak right along with it.  Click and listen with me of  the beauty of Heaven.

 And imagine Quynh laughing and dancing...

written long ago by a British theologian ...
"Think of your child, then, not as dead, but as fully alive and awakened ; not as a flower that has withered, but as one that is transplanted, and touched by the  Divine hand, and  is blooming in richer colors and sweeter shades than those we can yet imagine of earth."