A Shout of Joy Comes in the Morning
Psalm 30:5
For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 30:4-6 (in Context) Psalm 30 (Whole Chapter)
The sun was out yesterday, and now the clouds have rolled back in, releasing a few more raindrops…just in case we didn’t get enough over the last week! I will say that despite all the news about flooding in the northeast, we have not felt it. Our basement is dry and only the ground is mushy. For that I am glad, ‘cause I wasn’t liking the sound of the word “drought” that was being passed around after such a dry winter. I can’t even remember when we had our last snowfall, but I think the bulk of it graced our ground before 2006 even came.
This weekend is the funeral of SSG Kelly. It’s in Brunswick, the next town over. While I thought of going, I learned in the paper that the church only has 20 parking spots and they are asking folks to carpool and such. Well, since I didn’t know him, I don’t need to go. I can pray for his family. In the mean time, this morning I cried when I got this link in my email. If you want to see how one mother has reacted to her brave son’s death in Iraq, take a look at this “Hummer.” http://www.echo9er.net/blog/?cat=51
Tonight I attend my first Heart to Heart meeting. It is a gathering of deployed soldier’s families. This one is in Augusta. There was one in Portland last week, but I had other plans. So, I will bring some food for the pot luck, drive the long drive, and see if I can keep from crying the whole night. Maybe I will bring a hanky…do I have a hanky? Maybe I’ll stick with a box of tissues!
Last night I got a call from a deacon at my church. They have started a new effort to see to it that the “widows” of the church are cared for. Wow! This deacon and his family are assigned to me. This is amazing!!! Yay! Other churches should take note. Keep this in mind. Now, he did tell me that since this concept is so new, I am a guinea pig of sorts. That’s ok! This circumstance of being a “deployment widow” is new to me, so we can sort through this together. Since I am an organizer to the very depths of my being, maybe I can help them know how to help folks like me! (Is that a monumental task or what?!) So, anyway, their definition of widow means any of the single women, I believe. They are also going to have another volunteer do a military care program of sending care packages to the deployed soldiers! Yay! I was going to do this, but I would love to see someone else take the task!
So, my mood is better today. I had written about it yesterday, but I hit the wrong key, (and how long have I been using a computer?) and it all went away. I couldn’t find it anywhere. And it was such an amazing masterpiece of Pulitzer proportions…well, ok, it took me a while to write and I was happy with it. Oh well, I gave up this morning trying to recreate it, so I just decided to start fresh! One hint: I am writing this entry in Word and plan to paste it into my blog post box……..