The silence yet the presence...

Understanding of this weary world is the only thing we have to fear…
sometimes I wish I could turn it off and be comfortably numb and yet, I literally fear losing the knowledge
...the silence yet the presence…. ctrygirl 2010
Pic taken in KENTUCKY by unknown photographer....

Gone but not Absent

Death is the releasing of the soul back to its true maker.
God, the creator of ALL.
He gave us such a blessing to be together the time that we did get to share. And now he has called home someone we all love and are going to miss so greatly it will seem impossibly hard at times. But something that we must remember always, is that they are in a much better place.
A place where they are healthy, vibrant, smiling, fulfilled, and completely beyond explanation happy. There are no tears where they now live, and there is no pain or sadness, although we miss them far more than words can explain; there a year seems like only a day, so they wait for us unknowing of the length of time we’ve endured without them; as MAN measures time that is.
Among the angels, the saints, and other residents of a place we call Heaven.
It is ruled by our maker God, His Son Jesus is the Prince of Heaven and he takes care of all we love as soon as they leave us here on earth they are in his great light. They are actually with him.
Now some believe that our loved ones are still also with us here, and that as angels they can cross over from one place to another to let us know they love us and know we miss them too (a ideology to which I too subscribe). There are many who believe they can be in one dimension and another at the SAME time and therefore never ever leave the presence of heaven and yet be able to “visit” us in little ways.
Those ways can come from means of what some believe are dreams, thoughts or memories (others call it hallucinations yet many of us KNOW better).
Sometimes it is good to rely and build on memories, sometimes it still hurts so deeply to recall even the good times; yet never ever let them go, never ever leave them dangling or place them on a shelf for another day. NO, keep them deep, keep them freely flowing, and let them encase your soul for they are your heritage, your identity, your mistakes and your successes, they are YOU to the core of your being.
And with intense reflection, thought, and experience…I KNOW they are with us on this plane too, always our guardian angels by our sides.
Plake posted blog 2010
pic of Jesus statue at loved one's graves

Dawning of a New Day author unknown

DAWNING OF A NEW DAY
Sometimes when I'm weary
And feel I can't go on,
I sneak off to my "special place "
In the light of early dawn.
My place is deep in woodlands;
" God's Country " it's called by some.
When my burden gets too heavy,
I hear my place call, " Come ".
I go there when I'm saddened,
And my heart is aching so;
The beauty and serenity
Help to ease my pain, I know.
It's there that I find comfort;
Sometimes I need solitude.
I feel so much closer to God,
And He gently lifts my mood.
I don't know if it's my special place,
Or the Lord above, Himself;
But somehow when I leave there,
I feel that I have wealth.
Perhaps it's just my being there;
Or maybe it's God's own way,
Of telling me to try again;
It's the dawning of a new day.
~~Author Unknown~~

This is so how I feel when i get to retreat to that quiet place I call terabithia. Encompassed with trees, nature, and only God's creations I feel so serene, so sane, so much closer to my God. It removes the feeling of being just a bag of bones and sinewy muscle to the feeling of being part of a GREATER UNSEEN and UNKNOWN TO MAN purpose. We are ALL a part of a much larger plan than we realize, to this I have no doubt. This unknown author really put into words the WEALTH we all can truly have regardless of our life conditions, our medical conditions, or the hurdles we face each day...start noticing the little things, the fact that you and I and all humans are only a speck in the whole scope of the universe, yet we are entangled quantumly forever, like it or not.
ctrygirl 2010