Thursday, November 09, 2006

All in His hands













Here are just a few pictures of our fun with them.

I
climb the hill sometimes riding, mostly pushing my bike to the top. I finally arive at the top and start to coast down the other side. I glance to my left and there in my sight is a vast blueness which is not the sky. Every time I see this I am reminded that I am here and not there. Who knows when I will be there again? For now, I am here. We are all here together, but not for long. Soon they will have to leave us. They will be there, and we will be here. And who knows when we will be together again. It should be eaiser the second time. This will never be eaiser. It will only get harder. Doing it onve was enough to last a life time. I don't think I could do it again without His grace to get me through. The first time was horrible. We were going, but we were leaving them behind in that world that is now like a dream, like another life that I left behind. We left them there, and with them, I left some of my heart. This time, they are leaving us here. They are going back there to that other life, and leaving us here. They will take some of my heart with them. I am happy for them, they will be going home, but I am sad for my loss, for our loss. I take them for granted so much when they are with me, but when they are gone, something is missing. Saying goodbye for a second time will be so hard. Espescially when only He knows when we will see them again. The only thing that gives me comfort in all this, is knowing tha it is all in His hands. He will always take care of us. He will always remain the same no matter if I am living here or there. My life is in His hands, and I can rejoice in that.

Verses of the post: Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. "
Psalm 31:15a "My times are in your hand."

8 comments:

Micah said...

You're making me sad.

Christina said...

I love that picture of you guys in the telephone booth!

SaraY said...

Ditto. I miss you guys and those are cute pictures!!

Unknown said...

He will get all of you through anything!
Miss you

Tamara Rose said...

*sniff sniff* hey that was a beautiful. Look how many people love you maria you have lots of comment. I'm ganna tell justiny... even though i LOVE HER... that BROTHERS are HEAPS difrent then friends now matter how close! My flesh nad blood, my heros's are leaving me and she will NEVER know how that feels, but she may know that it hurts, but she'll never know how much.

well once again beautiful post!
love you sissy
and Danielle is right! God can get us though anything!

love the lil sis ~tamara

Charity said...

I know exactly how you feel.

Ha, don't you LOVE it when people say that??? 'Cept, you know I actually do know.

*sigh* You're depressing. Heh. Heh. Heh. Just wait, soon enough after they leave, we'll be too busy to be depressed. How comforing is that?

Yeah. Not very.

But I AM STILL HERE SO ALL IS GRAND!!!!!!! We can still have our fun times... for a while. Until I ditch you all and go on to bigger and better places and do bigger and better things with bigger (ehh, maybe not) and better people!!!!

ha, whatever. See, I always leave you comments at night. When I'm hyper. And weird. And laughingly depressed. Which makes no sense. But what does? Not me. Yeah. Okay. I KNOW YOU LOVE MY COMMENTS, SISTA O' MINE!!!!!!!

ruthypoo said...

Heya MJ.
I could try to be a sappy movie line and say, "They'll always be with you in your heart." But, as you know, I am NOT a sappy movie line. I don't know what it's like to be separated from your family, I only know that it'll be almost like how I miss you multiplied by infinity. (or somewhere around there) Well, there's my two cents. I love you an d miss you sooo much.
Love - your dear Aunt Tibble

Edwin Allen Henry said...

Aww, Maria. That was very sweet. And... I definitely was feeling welled up. And I think I'll cry when I leave yous.
*sigh*
But, God is in control, and it seems like we are both where God wants us to be (and will be).

I love you very very much.
-Allen