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Only got a couple minutes here, as I'm GOING to stick to my sleep schedule tonight.  Which means I've actually only got 60 seconds, really.

Long story short (how often do I start like this, I wonder??)... my mind and heart are full right now.  Reading through old journal entries from years ago when Monique lived here in KS, comparing their life to what it is now - JUST as beautiful and wonderful, but with a sorrowful twist that doesn't seem like anything (much less beauty!) can shine through.  Life isn't always beautiful in our earthly terms, is it?  Sometimes life is beautiful even when it doesn't feel that way.  When tears overtake the laughter.  Why?  Because in ALL circumstances, GOD is in control.  The maker of the world, the sustain-er of the world.  Isn't that a beautiful fact?  We can live this life with not always joy, but an indescribable peace and understanding because we know that no matter WHAT we know about what is going on here - God knows all, He sees all, He understands all, and He will bring it all to something good.  Something oddly beautiful, because it's being used by Him to show the world HIS power, HIS love, HIS forgiveness, HIS peace, HIS life, HIS PERSPECTIVE.

Ohh, my it's hard.  But ohso worth it in the end.

Jesus, I pray that MANY will not only hear their story but that each and every one will be changed for the better through it.

Use their hurt and their pain, and go create something beautiful.  Something really really beautiful.

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