love.

Psalm 13.

How long, O Lord?

Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have

sorrow in my heart?

How long will my enemy triumph over me?

Look on me and answer, O Lord my God.

Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;

my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," and

my foes will rejoice when I fall.

But I trust in your unfailing love;

my heart rejoices in your salvation.

I will sing to the Lord,

for he has been good to me.

I was reading late last night, not wanting to go to bed. Knowing I had to work the next morning, I closed my Bible, but not without bookmarking this passage with an old receipt. When I woke up this morning and looked at where i had placed my Bible, there was only one little part of the receipt showing that I had used to keep track of where I was reading, and it said "CONGRATULATIONS!" Apparently I had won $13.00 of reward vouchers at the grocery store, but I can't help but think that God isn't in on it too... This passage sums up yesterday for me. Thoughts of sorrow, and being let down, but at the end of the day, realizing that God's purpose is much larger than I will ever be able to comprehend, and that overall He has been good to me.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 says this: "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end." And that's just it! I cannot fathom what God is doing, but I know that God will make it beautiful.

I pray that everyone was able to find love and comfort yesterday, because I know that I am not the only person to miss Jared.