Shortly after finishing Monday’s note,
I realized that I didn’t have
a picture of Kay.
As any good 21st-centurian
would do,
I took to the Interwebs to
look for a picture of this woman who had come to mean so much.
The thing is?
I found obituaries and old
scholarship information,
But I couldn’t find a picture.
As I continued to search,
I came across an article honoring
Kay.
At the end of the article,
Kay was quoted as saying:
“I’m so sorry for what you’ve
been through…I trust that you already know that my heart just aches for you…I
know that all things work together for good to those who serve God. So I trust
that as I act moment by moment to follow God’s leading, God will work through
my decisions. In any event, I know with assurance that God is already working.
God’s action is to bring about good things for you and for the body of Christ.
There’s no doubt. We just have to wait. As we’ve all figured out for one reason
or another, life isn’t fair and justice is hard to find. Mostly I’d like for
you to get through it. It happened and requires you to work in order to get
through it—but I pray that you get THROUGH rather than remain in it. So I hope
you’ll spend exactly the right amount of time processing it all and doing what
it takes to attend to it so that it will be well and truly over. I love you
very much! You take my love and respect and appreciation with you where you
go…I’m proud of you, you’ve been faithful.”
I screen-shotted her words.
And then I cried.
God: Thank you that our hearts
and words live on long after we’re gone. May Kay’s words, today, bless and
encourage someone who needs to hear them…seventeen years after they were
written. Thank you, God, that you are already working and that your action is
to bring about good in a world that seems to celebrate evil. You ARE good. And
we ARE trying to be faithful. Amen.
Oh! And by the way—
After thirty minutes of tears
and searching,
I found Kay’s picture in a
PDF brochure.
It’s not the best quality in the world.
But it will do.
😊
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