They are wrapped in the embrace of the one who knows all about them. So pleased that they’ve chosen Him. Many departed choosing the road less traveled when we came to the crossroads or y in the pathway. It never hurts less, but it makes so much sense now. Not the sense that makes the heart hurt less, but the sense that the lessons God had for them were on another jaunt of the same path leading to the sunrise.

Love is the willingness to let go when what God has planned for those loved will only be found in their departure. This world hurts especially in the loss and loneliness, payment for letting ties go and fires die. It always matters that is why the pain accompanies each memory because if not we may forgot life’s importance and why God, though walking inside us leaves us to travel in a semblance of struggling alone.

My maturity only began when I stopped letting go in an emotional torrent of hurt and revenge, instead in a understanding effort to listen to God’s direction for their sanctification. Don’t accept the anointing if you want to simply consider yourself and your own direction or wants. The service demands a quickened heart to the hurts associated with friendships, teaching or partnership. People leave and some although you wish them to stay God has other plans for them that do not include your input and require your growth to overcome.

I do not fault you Brother, you can only see from here to there and unfortunately for us you can see that I have taken the path leading up the mountain and yours will go through yonder valley. Family I get it you wanted someone perfect and knowing that he would never come you looked for every reason, every mistake as opportunity for clean departure. You are no less loved. I understand the limitations of the human condition. God however loves in other ways.

I have always been good enough for Him and yet I strive in peace to be a more perfect man than at any other point in this lifetime. It is not a drive born of achievement or promised reward but one of love and respect. I have never been good enough for the world, especially when I joined them in their quest to dominate, achieve and make a huge mark on this existence. That is the crucial choice of the born again. We must leave behind those things inclined to mastery of this world for we are not longer meant for it but beyond.

Pain held dear, for things that matter so and for things that just will never fit into God’s Direction. If only things worked out to our liking at each opportunity but that makes no sense for men and women seeking the experience of trial. For the pain is our greatest enemy yet the smartest of our teachers, for it knows what will change the heart and mind in perpetuity. Loss of things that matter will forever be my most wonderful achievement. Never wanted it but was served up a regular dose until I realized that God had used me to get them to where they were always meant to end up.