Life Is Hard...

The hardest thing about life to me is a combination of so many things. Our greatest joys can turn to our deepest heartaches. The loss of our loved ones....time goes on but we will always miss them and that absence walks with us like a shadow through our lives but our hearts know in faith we will see them again.

Going through life seeing so many social injustices and the staggering sobering fact that it continues...that the damn battle is still being fought - that is hard. An extremely painful thing is seeing so many people working so hard with an incredible work ethic and unable to catch a break or get ahead. I see families struggling to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. Not a soul should lay down hungry or without a safe place to sleep.

To hear someone, especially a child speak, and be void of hope is heartbreaking. I see elementary kids so hardened by life at such a young age. You see it their eyes. They are carrying adult size problems on a child's shoulders trying to process these harsh issues with a child's mind and a child's reasoning. That is so hard to see - kids should be able to be kids.

We are so blessed to be graced with the gift of life...and each moment we have we should live....not just exist but live. I guess sometimes the hardest part about life is experiencing it. Thank God for his tender mercies and all the precious moments we are graced with...and that he truly goes before us and with us through all things.