My sister-in-law, who lives down the street, just walked over as I am sitting on the porch with my laptop to chat with me, and the topic turned to God and why He allows things to happen in our lives we don't understand. I wondered aloud along with her at the mystery of Our Lord and His ways, and He told us His ways are not ours, yet there are times when life seems so crazy I would just like a glimpse into "His ways" for some security of future days and a sigh of relief for momentary lapses of reasons.

But then I think, how would we ever grow in Our Lord? How would our trust ever become stronger, how would our faith blossom in His grace if we didn't have the trials, the fires, the battles, the lost moments? We wouldn't. And as difficult as it is to be in the midst of the fires of life sometimes, my dear friends and others who are reading this.....hang on. Just hang on.

Soon we will understand.

Joseph