Beyond the Rainbow
By John W. Vander Velden
Each
day we are bombarded by the news of some awful thing happening to someone,
somewhere. But when tragedy enters the
inner circle of our lives it brings dreadful darkness home. None can escape pain and disappointments;
even illness is part of life. But when
death marches sudden and unannounced in to our lives, the very foundations on
which we stand seem shaken. Life is tenuous. It is a fact we know, and yet we place it
somewhere in the back recesses of our minds.
But when someone close and dear is torn from us…. How difficult it is to
face those realities.
Tragedy
comes and it comes sudden. It tumbles
over us like a great wave, pushing us off balance, leaving us confused and
lost. Some will say that faith is
enough. I say yes, in the end we will be
righted when the wave has passed, but now, oh now, how will we face…the now…
Loss
is something very real. Those that have
dwelt within the bubble broken understand the very realness of it. GOD comforts, but GOD does not eliminate the
pain of our lives so drastically changed.
Loss is just that…a loss.
Something is GONE. And if that something
mattered…really mattered…then it is a big SOMETHING, and we will suffer at its
missing from our lives.
Yes,
there are the promises. On that we may
rely. But we face broken hopes and
dreams, scattered as ashes on a cold winter’s wind. And regrets, never to be resolved, fester
within our own souls. How do those most
deeply touched go on? How do the
parents, siblings, and closest friends face tomorrow? The world seems a bit darker. Time moves a bit slower. Someday, yes someday, we will learn to exist
in this new reality…to live around the hole now ragged and ugly. Someday we will understand…maybe just a part,
but it will be enough.
Beyond
the rainbow we will be shown answers.
Beyond
the rainbow there are no tears...for pain cannot follow.
Beyond
the rainbow we will again hear the laughter we now miss…
Beyond the
rainbow…
On
these things we rely…and it will be enough.
(367 Words) 6-22-2016/8-24-2020
Yes this is very touching this week 2 children in our neighborhood was ran over by a grain truck we are so much hurting for the Parents Grandparents and others
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