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Dear John

Six years ago today you went to Heaven. When I consider how much my life has changed since your departure it feels like a lifetime since I’ve seen you. I can’t believe you would have been 30 this year. I often wonder what God would have done in your life if he had kept you here with us. But even more I wonder what he is doing in your heavenly life building his kingdom now. I’d like to think you’re making God a hot cup of coffee this morning and ministering to his people somewhere in the folds of heaven.

Reflections

Posted on October 5, 2019 by je_suis_julie

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I’m sitting on a bus headed home from work. It’s so crowded I have to suppress a smile as the bus pulls up to each stop and no one gets off but more people try to cram their way on. There’s a woman smashed between two people. She’s holding her phone to one ear as she grips one of the straps hanging from the roof. Meanwhile, across from me an old black woman is taking a nap, her hands folded in her lap as her head sways back and forth. Read More