Tender Mercies
Life with all it's beauty and wonder, also has it's fair share of grief and pain. It's good to remember that the lone and dreary world, happens to be the one we live in, and remains lone and dreary, except for the amazing people that come into our lives.
These fellow travelers shine light on our paths and provide depth and understanding into our own souls. Some are just passing through and others stay...some visibly present, and others a memory in our hearts. Regardless of the length of the encounter, we are forever changed by their presence.
Shortly, after Taylor's death, I received a letter from a woman that I didn't know. This mother, had lost a 17 year old daughter a few months prior to Taylor's passing. She had two older children, who were attending BYU, and had come home for a week-end to find some level of normalcy and solace in the loss of their sister.
They had decided to stop by the Juice Pub where "this unbelievable person" was working; our Taylor. I don't know what took place, but they told their mother that they had met the most wonderful person. He had greeted them with a smile and had talked and laughed with them. He had given them a moment of reprieve from their sorrow, and they went home with hearts, a little less heavy.
Taylor, had left a hand print on the heart of two individuals whom he was only with for a very short time. And now, I carry that hand print with me, as I know that our Taylor and their sister have certainly met, and have shared memories of that day! What tender mercies the Lord grants us.
How important it is, for us to keep our hearts open to all the "very personal and individualized blessings, strength, protection, assurances, guidance, loving-kindnesses, consolation, support, and spiritual gifts which we receive from and because of ...the Lord Jesus Christ", (David Bednar; Conference talk, May 05)whom I believe often works through the lives of others.
Only God knows our ultimate path...in the mean time we try to muddle through...how nice that we may find a guide post along the way...and a tender mercy from above.
MKC
These fellow travelers shine light on our paths and provide depth and understanding into our own souls. Some are just passing through and others stay...some visibly present, and others a memory in our hearts. Regardless of the length of the encounter, we are forever changed by their presence.
Shortly, after Taylor's death, I received a letter from a woman that I didn't know. This mother, had lost a 17 year old daughter a few months prior to Taylor's passing. She had two older children, who were attending BYU, and had come home for a week-end to find some level of normalcy and solace in the loss of their sister.
They had decided to stop by the Juice Pub where "this unbelievable person" was working; our Taylor. I don't know what took place, but they told their mother that they had met the most wonderful person. He had greeted them with a smile and had talked and laughed with them. He had given them a moment of reprieve from their sorrow, and they went home with hearts, a little less heavy.
Taylor, had left a hand print on the heart of two individuals whom he was only with for a very short time. And now, I carry that hand print with me, as I know that our Taylor and their sister have certainly met, and have shared memories of that day! What tender mercies the Lord grants us.
How important it is, for us to keep our hearts open to all the "very personal and individualized blessings, strength, protection, assurances, guidance, loving-kindnesses, consolation, support, and spiritual gifts which we receive from and because of ...the Lord Jesus Christ", (David Bednar; Conference talk, May 05)whom I believe often works through the lives of others.
Only God knows our ultimate path...in the mean time we try to muddle through...how nice that we may find a guide post along the way...and a tender mercy from above.
MKC
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