How In The World

How is it possible to grieve so much for someone you've never met, never seen, never touched, never kissed......? How do you honor the potential of a life that was alive, even for a brief moment? How do you mourn something so intangible and so real at the same time? How do I wait for my lifetime to meet these I can't seem to take my mind off of?

Our first three would have been due in November and I am feeling their absence deeply these days.

Buechner Quote--Can I Believe It All Again Today?

Every morning, you should wake up in your bed and ask yourself:

"Can I believe it all again today?"

No. Better still. Don't ask it until you've read the New York Times, till after you've studied that daily record of the world's brokenness and corruption, which should always stand side by side with your Bible.

THEN, ask yourself if you can believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ again for that particular day. If your answer's always "yes" then you probably don't know what believing means. At least five times out of ten, the answer should be "no" because the "no" is as important as the "yes", maybe more so. The "no" is what proves you're human in case you should ever doubt it.

And then if some morning the answer happens to really be "yes", it should be a "yes" that is choked with confession, tears, and great laughter.

--Fredrick Buechner