Whew!  It’s been busy around here.  I hadn’t really thought through the whole demands of our Easter outreach and balancing finding time to write what I want to share!  I know many of you can link to FBF’s Facebook page so there are lots of updates there…it is a bit easier to post pictures and quick snidbits.

There’s a song I’ve been wanting to share with you guys since we heard it back in late January.  It has just been released on the radio…and the album is coming out in May.  The song is called “The Hurt and The Healer” by Mercy Me.  We…my mom, sisters and brother-in-law, nieces, and Mark and Josh…we all went to Winterfest at EMU’s convocation center and had a great time!  The concert was awesome!!  So many good moments; a bit of something for everyone.  The kids had a blast and had some amazing moments listening to the different artists.  Mercy Me came out last to perform.  As Bart Millard, their lead singer, stood on the stage talking of what a difficult year they had had…how they lost someone very dear to them and how it was the motivation of this song…I think all of us heard God whisper to our hearts that He knows the depth of our pain and the depth our loss through the words of this song.

Not a day goes by that I don’t miss my dad immensely.  As I returned from a walk this evening, I sat down on my front porch wondering why I miss my dad more now than ever before?  When he was alive, I missed him but not like now.  Maybe it was the false sense that he would always be here, or at least until a ripe-old age.  It seems strange that we so often live taking for granted time as if it isn’t fleeting…as if things or moments don’t come to an end.

I hope you enjoy the song, and for those of you going through pain or grief of any kind, I hope this song speaks to you as well.

Here’s a link to a You Tube video with Bart as he talks about this song:

Here’s a link to the song: