Confusion reigns in this storm-tossed sea.
Life revolves around me so quickly.
What to think, what to do, which way to go;
I think I'm right, but how do I know?

The winds howl and blow this way and that.
I get turned around and don't know where I'm at.
I'm up, then down, taken for a loop;
This rollercoaster of life isn't always a hoot.

My thoughts get jumbled, my emotions get raw.
I can't always get beyond what I saw.
Images...

I've just returned from my afternoon break, you know, the 15 minutes of peace and quiet before returning to the chaos of work. Well, today work is actually quiet, hence this blog, but I digress...

I was standing outside, in the back alley behind my office building, just pausing to really look around. There was hardly any sound, except the faint noise of traffic. I looked up at the hillside, noticing how green the trees looked today, despite the gray clouds of a threatening storm...

Yes, love rescues. God, the author of love, uses love in various ways both directly from Himself or through others to show us there is hope, that there's no need to despair, that life is worth living.
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What else do I know? What else..what else. Oh, I know. I know love is never lost. Love can always be found, even in the depths of dispair. In those moments of life when it seems our world is crashing in on us, when nothing seems to be going our way, when we're at our wits end, love will find a way. Love will rescue us.

How do I know this, you may be asking yourself. Well, I happen to know the Author of love and have felt Him rescue me more than once and using love to do it. Love from...

What else do I know? I know about my love for my children. Something else I never dreamed I'd have in my life. Once again, God had different ideas.

They say you fall in love with your kids the moment you hold them for the first time. Yeah, right, I used to think. Until the doctor placed that baby in my arms on a warm June afternoon. He was so tiny and so delicate, but with a good set of lungs! My boy. My son. That was it. I was a gonner. My heart about burst with joy....