What Do I Need With All of This ?
Marilyn Smith
Hurrying across the yard , she bounced up the steps . My front door opened and I heard her say , “ Mom ?” with an excitement that I had not heard in quite a while .
“ Yes , dear ?” I answered , turning to see my daughter standing there with a smile on her face . “ Ok , what ’ s the deal ? I know something ’ s up because you haven ’ t smiled like that in a long time .”
“ Mama , I ’ ve been healed !” Now she was fighting back happy tears and I was looking at her with more questions in my eyes .
“ What do you mean … healed ?” I asked , hesitating a little on the last word .
“ My grief … it ’ s gone !” she explained with joy I never thought I would hear again .
My young adult daughter had lost the love of her life seven years ago and I had watched her stumble through life with days of gentle weeping and also days that teetered on overwhelming and unending sorrow . As a young woman she had been an honor graduate both in high school and in college . We had hoped she would step into all that God had called her to be and do for him . Now all that seemed doubtful . Grief had
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