Recently someone sent me an email with a set of things kids said about love. They were cute and funny, and may have even been said by kids. (Forgive the whiff of cynicism here.) The “winner,” according to the sender, was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly man whose wife recently died. The little boy happened to see the man sitting on his porch, crying. The little boy watched for a minute, then went up on the porch, climbed onto man’s lap, and just sat there. His mother saw this and later asked what he had said to the neighbor. The little boy replied, “Nothing, I just helped him cry.”
I have to say, I was especially moved by this story, true or not. My reaction is colored by Carol’s and my experience during the past months when each of us experienced deep unexpected losses in our lives. We have both remarked to each other and to others that two of the things that made the experiences bearable were having each other and having friends and family who stepped up. In their way, they just “helped us cry.”
We’ve said thank you them, but here at the beginning of this new year, we wanted to say it again. Please accept this thanks:
Gracious God, please bless all those who love us in whatever way that You know they may need to be blessed this day! And may their lives be full of Your peace, prosperity and power as they each seek to have a closer relationship with You. Amen.
Peace,
Jerry+
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