A song of hope....

The last two weeks have been particularily humbling...the best way I could describe this experience reminds me of a discussion I had not too long ago with a good friend at work who lost the most precious person in his life.

In our experience, while the loss of a life is not our particular trial at this time, we truly feel a loss of much that had become a great part of our heart. A home which had been a dream for many years, a career for a magnificent company that perhaps could have blessed our family for years to come, the comfort of so many "things" that brought a sense of security, the many friends each and everyone of you who have enriched our life so greatly, a community and ward which are filled with true brothers and sisters - for it is the way I feel about each individual and so much more....

The best we could describe this change of circumstances is that of a dark room where you know that somewhere, someplace, there is a door hiding a beautiful scenery filled with light but there is no way to see it until you find your way closer to it. You know deep in your heart that you have to go through this room but the darkness seems so overwhelming. All we get to have, through the goodness and love of our father in heaven is this small candle which provides enough light to be able to see one small step at a time. There is great hope knowing that the Lord has intended for you to be on this path but the walk is truly of walk of faith.....

And so we strive to walk, day in and day out, one step at a time with great hope for the beauty to come...knowing the beauty will never again look exactly like what we have been able to experience so far. But whatever it is that we will discover, we know...will be bright....

Today, Amie found this "Song of hope" in her long forgotten files which meant the world to us a few years ago when her and I were newly married, lost on the top floor of a very little appartment in France over a train yard.....hoping to start a family amidst the difficulties, challenges but unseen opportunities that would lie ahead. I hope and pray it will mean something to you if for any reason you too are...embarked on your own journey, holding your own candle not knowing the end from the beginning. It is a great reminder of what is within our own hearts if we will but just find and hang on to it.....

A Song of Hope

Rainbows remind us that life us

an endless journey of new beginning,

of miracles, of wonders and of

dreams. Hope is the free

Spirit that rides on the wings of

each of these dreams.  It's song is

of courage and tells us to believe

in ourselves, to reach for

dreams, and never give up.

Hope is a gift we give ourselves.

Once we have it, it will never

leave us for it becomes a part of

what we are.  And although it

may seem difficult to find sometimes,

it is always there for us,

somewhere in the heart.  Every

joy in life is only loaned to us

for awhile, so dream your dreams

and follow your heart wherever it

takes you.  Be happy and believe

that life is unfolding just

the way it is supposed to.

-author unknown

We are thankful for a loving father in heaven who loves us so deeply that he is providing us with this opportunity to walk on faith and grow. We pray and hope that we will prove worthy to see what's behind that door.....