So it's been a month and a half since my husband has been incarcerated.

It's been pure hell. Some day's I can barely get myself out of bed, let alone try and take care of my children.

My Lord has shared with me a whole "new" meaning to "take up your cross daily and follow me."

Is amusing to me now the things I used to think were such a cross, well they were because of where I was.

I am at the lowest of lowest places right now BUT it's OK. The Lord is good and merciful !

I've also learned that the same way we share in His sufferings He also shares in ours. From Him, through Him, and back to Him.

A shade of darkness

Isn't it interesting how when you wear sunglasses how much prettier and enticing colors seems to become ?

I was thinking about this the other day when I was driving and with my sunglasses on the normal hills of purple seemed so vibrant with my sunglasses on.

I thought of how it's so similar to the deception of Satan.

How easy it is to fall into the trap of just a shade or two of the darkness is "OK."

And, how much prettier everything seems with even the lightest shade of black added.

Once you take off the black and see things for how they really are, you see the colors for exactly what they (truly) are !