"You can't understand most of the important things from a distance...
You have to get close,"
- Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson
"You reached through my darkness
To pull me in
You stood in my place
And became my sin.....
When I couldn't do it
You crossed the distance
Your love pushed harder
Than my resistance"
“…photography…
Oh, I suppose it’s just a way of trying to fix things as they go past. To keep what’s vital from being lost.” (Rory Lomax in The Dig)
Although, I recall our grandchildren’s conversation this summer day, I don’t remember what the cousins were chatting about but I do remember the sound of them talking , the laughter, the breaking waves, salt water on their faces and in their hair; and the sunshine shimmering on the ocean, the light wind, the empty net, the holding of the beach hat against the ocean breeze.
They have been together since they were born. They crawled together, vacationed, learned to ride waves , learned to maneuver distance together, joy and loss together …
“Our understanding is just a snapshot in time … and new memories replace old memories”
At a later age they may be talking about the breaking waves, and how they will withstand life‘s challenges together, or possibly the wind ‘how they faced struggles head on together and got to the other side ’ or recalled memories with family on beach vacations decades ago.
But this moment and day - it was only standing in the waves near end of day,attempting time after time to catch something with the net he held, both knowing in their ♥️’s the next time they were going to succeed , - resilient and encouraging one another to not give up, just enjoying the moment- not a care in the world.
Life keeps moving forward and similar conversations and loving memories surely happen between other cousins, siblings,family, over other generations and lifetimes, I’m sure.
“You are in the air I'm breathing
You are in the night time sky
You are in the storm retreating
You are in the first sunrise 🌅
You are in the firm foundation
You are the life to seek”
(You Are by Citipointe)
“God knows all about us, and He knows what is best for us. He sees the dangers we face, and He also knows the joys we could experience.
But God not only knows what is best for us, He also wants what is best for us.
The reason is simple: He loves us."
- Billy Graham, The Journey
Read this this morning and was challenged. Did some study
We each have so much in life but it’s so easy to compare ourselves to others. So today just realize that God has blessed you abundantly and that our “sacks are full”.
We all have a journey ahead and I’m so thankful for a family that we always pull together.
"So he sent is brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them,
See that ye fall not out by the way."
Genesis 45:24 KJV
"Then he sent his brothers on their way. As they were leaving, he gave them one last piece of advice. Joseph: Don’t argue along the way!"
Genesis 45:24 VOICE
"Then he sent his brothers off. As they left he told them, “Take it easy on the journey; try to get along with each other.”
Genesis 45:24MSG
“Consider, again, the great mercies you have all shared together… See that you fall not out when you have so many mercies. Joseph has filled your sacks, but if he has put some extra thing into Benjamin’s sack, do not quarrel with Benjamin about that, but rather rejoice because your sacks are full. You have all got enough, you are all secure, you have all been dismissed with a blessing.”
“To learn after all these years that the brother they sold into slavery has become one of the most powerful men in the world takes time to process. The famine, the journey from Canaan, and a shock of seeing him again have taken a toll on them. Now they have to go back, get their families, and return. The road home leaves plenty of time to worry about what might become of them, plenty of time for nerves to fray and anger to stir. Joseph knows they have hard journey ahead, and they need to pull together and not apart.”
-Note, Voice Bible
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| by Emily |
