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Fathomless Billows Of Love

On this day 12 years ago I lost my brother. I remember the sound of the voice on the other side of the phone telling us to come to the hospital. I remember being cold. I remember the sounds of the chaos around me. I remember the chair I sat in as I watched my mom try to be strong. I remember so many little details but mainly I remember the giant hole it left in my heart! Nothing can ever separate us from [God's]  love . ... I remember singing  Peace, peace, wonderful peace, Coming down from the Father above! Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray In fathomless billows of love! What does "Fathomless billows of love" even mean Fathomless means  something that can't be understood; a  billow  is like a cloud swelling because of a sudden surge. So...... as many times as I questioned God's presence, his love never failed. It comes in waves and blows into my soul in a way that I can't understand. It soothes just when I can't handle another blow. It embraces me when

MYOB

You know my Bishop says this often and I wish the world could catch on... M.Y.O.B ! Mind Your Own Business Hello?!  I could really just leave this blog at that and move on but you know me, I'm going to elaborate! Sticking your nose into someone else's business is just rude to start with. We don't know their day to day life or struggles. Second, unless your life is free from blemish permenantly than you shouldn't be poking around judging what's going on in a neighbors life! I will try not to sound too preachy :) Let's start with parenting which seems to be a hot topic of judgement! What works for me, may not work for you but that's not to say that either form of parenting is wrong. It's just different and different is not bad. Don't take it upon yourself to discipline someone else's children unless the parent has specifically told you it's ok. Never assume it's ok no matter what relationship you have with a