A Jon Post

Sorry this post is a couple days late. We drove north with some friends this last weekend to spend some time at the beach, relax, rest and remember. We have said some hard goodbyes over the last few months, and missed the chance to say many of them in person. There is a weariness that comes in body and soul when that happens often and it hung heavy over us in the memories of many friends we will no longer see on this earth.

This past weekend was a time for us to step away from that weight and remember the depth and width of the love of Christ in ways that are often easy to forget. I often forget that Christ expresses His love in;

  • Sand between my daughters toes
  • Waves of water crashing over me instead of waves of grief
  • Laying beside my wife late at night with our daughter sleeping peacefully to the sounds of the ocean
  • Standing on a surfboard
  • Feeling the warmth of the sun bake my skin
  • A smile and a sigh as my wife tells me “This is good“