Missing Someone Tonight

For some reason a little someone that I always miss has been often on my heart these past few weeks. Maybe it's because his third birthday is quickly approaching and I saw it on my calendar, maybe it's because there have been such drastic changes in my little guy over the past months and I know we would also be seeing those changes in him, maybe it's because I love his little sister so much and watching her love her older cousin always leaves me with a tiny ache in my heart. Whatever the reason, my Benjamin-sized ache has been just a little sharper lately. But tonight I was looking at my blog and all of the sudden those three pictures Brittany took at the park just hit me a little differently. There are those two, precious, girl cousins, but John is alone sitting in the tree. And nights like tonight the ache is a little sharper. Because I love Benjamin, because I love his mommy and daddy so, very much and know that their ache makes mine seem non-existent. And I cry out to God as Healer and Comforter just as we have so often over the past three years. And I ask Him to continue to minister His peace because in some ways it is still needed every bit as much today as it was in the beginning. Lord, pour out what only You can give to my brother and sister, to my niece, and praise You that my nephew is where Your glory and Presence surrounds him at all times! And once again I am reminded of how these separations cause us to give up our earthly citizenship and start moving in, one heart piece at a time, to our heavenly home. Come quickly, Lord Jesus.