tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591706.post109310105977735115..comments2023-10-02T06:59:48.447-04:00Comments on faithmaps blog: Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10238745383108764223noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591706.post-1095210425634620122004-09-14T21:07:00.000-04:002004-09-14T21:07:00.000-04:00Thank you Joan.Thank you Joan.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10238745383108764223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591706.post-1094042233711191382004-09-01T08:37:00.000-04:002004-09-01T08:37:00.000-04:00Mark O'Brien was one of my best friends. I was th...Mark O'Brien was one of my best friends. I was the last person to talk to him on his way home from a trip to the wilderness to reconnect with the memory of his son...not just his murder. He found peace on that trip. He was happier than I had ever heard him. The only thing that gives me solace in this whole tragedy, is that he had finally found a place to exist within himself where he wasn't only the father of a murder victim, but the father of five beautiful children whom he had done his best for as a single father and then released into the world to fly.<br /><A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fbrandotalk.blogspot.com%2F2004%2F08%2Fsmiling-through-tears.html">My post about him the day after he died...</A>Joan Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16405451874750905562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591706.post-1093294890363750112004-08-23T17:01:00.000-04:002004-08-23T17:01:00.000-04:00Thank you Robby; I have no words.Thank you Robby; I have no words.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10238745383108764223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591706.post-1093226599968966942004-08-22T22:03:00.000-04:002004-08-22T22:03:00.000-04:00When our first son died, I also felt "I don't get ...When our first son died, I also felt "I don't get God." And being only a finite human, I still don't get God (sometimes more than others).<br /><br />But during that very dark season, I felt that God was asking me "will you still trust Me, even if you don't get it"?<br /><br />I have no rationale for my answer, but I said "yes".Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14507750513253177476noreply@blogger.com