Today’s picture of the day is of the sunset which we watched down at the beach tonight. It was liked the heavens opened and the rays were escaping. Beautiful.
My Mum and Dad have been on holiday in Greece and Dad phoned to tell me and my sister that Mum unexpectedly and suddenly died this afternoon. The whole afternoon has been taken up with coping, with phoning people and making arrangements for my sister to go out to Greece.
Only now, am I sitting down and thinking and crying. I loved my Mum so much and she was very central to our family and our lives. I am going to miss her so much and I am absolutely devastated that she won’t be around to see The Little Mister growing up and he is so little that he won’t really remember her. I think that is the bit that is upsetting me that most.
However, my Mum is now with Jesus. Safe in his arms with the Saviour she has served and loved all these years. I just wish we had had a bit longer with her. I wasn’t ready to say goodbye yet.
I have been listening to this song called Sleepless Night by Fernando Ortega. Here are the lyrics…
Another sleepless night
I’m turning in my bed
Long before the red sun rises
In these early hours
I’m falling again
Into the river of my worries
When the river runs away
I find a shelter in your name
Jesus, only light on the shore
Only hope in the storm
Jesus, let me fly to your side
There I would hide, Jesus
Hear my anxious prayer
The beating of my heart
The pulse and the measure of my unbelief
Speak your words to me
Before I come apart
Help me believe in what I cannot see
Before the river runs away
I will call upon your name
Jesus, only light on the shore
Only hope in the storm
Jesus, let me fly to your side
There I would hide, Jesus