“He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.” ~JesusI wonder at the end what will my life amount to? I wonder what will be said of me at the end? And I know what can be said of her...I know because in her last breaths she is till blessing...still giving thanks...she is finding life in the loosing...
Relationships are inherently risky. You can not control the outcome. It is the fertile ground of open-handedness, humbleness, selflessness, and loving well that relationships thrive. And our relationships at our endings are telling.
To lay aside you self requires interior resources that only come from one source...God...
As her great grandchildren, grandchildren, children, friends, family gather and listen to her last breaths they hear this...
Finding your life requires first loosing it...
And her family and friends are singing something better than a hallelujah this week...and they are learning through her that giving thanks is more than just folding your hands and saying thank you....
she is telling them to live not by just saying thanks but giving thanks...in is the open handed giving that we really begin to live...
She has lived open handed and given...
And in the dark of their pain they are finding what it is that she is telling them and blessing them with...the
wonder of a life lived well...and they are giving thanks for her...open handed giving her back to God...
.and it all goes back to God who is the giver of it all...and God is saying..."welcome home, my dear child and I still will hold their hands just as I am holding yours..."
Grace and peace for all who are saying the hard hallelujah of good bye this week...may they always know it is not the final word....
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