The beauty of a cross-country flight is the wonder of no Internet connections. As such, I was able to start to dig through old emails. Whenever you dig, you find gold and I found this from a dear friend last year who I was talking to about life’s challenges and tragedies and God’s place in/absence from them. He wrote:

I agree and I don’t have answers. I am with you maybe that’s what the mystery is – we are not the ones who need to figure it out but we are the ones who need to learn to fall in love with the mystery….its very freeing and hopeful when you just trust the ONE who wrote it. ‘As sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing and yet possessing all things.’ 2 cor.6:10 ‘We …rejoice in HOPE of the glory of GOD. and not only that but we also glory in tribulations. romans 5:2-3