"Trouble!!" she said as I approached her.
"Hi, how are you?" I replied.
After not seeing her for nearly five years, I was hoping we could have an adult to adult conversation. Besides, didn't I just hear her speak about her troubled past. Her heartache and pain?

I know where you've been, I felt like saying. I know what pain is. Heartache, yea, I've had that, too. And I often don't know what to do with it.

But, instead, I found myself in this sea of people, smiling. Because, that's what I do. I smile. I make poeple feel good about themselves. I make people thankful for the nice-looking, healthy bodies they have.

I smile, while they smile back. And then I go home.

Forget the tight muscles. Or the difficulty eating. Or my spasms. It's a piece of cake.

Compared to the intoxicating lonliness.

And then this song came on

I need you Jesus,
To come to my rescue
Where else can I go
There’s no other name by
Which I am saved
Capture me with grace
I will follow You

This world has nothing for me
I will follow You
This world has nothing for me
I will follow You




15 minutes later, this song played through my car stereo

"Be still my child," says the Lord.

"Cosider all that I have done," He continues. "Stand in awe and be amazed."

"Put your head upon my breast," He says. "I AM your Father."

"Listen to MY heart of love beating for YOU."