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Lifes Road...............

I have been spending some time with a close friend today. Her sister, Natalie, died in August, aged just 17. It was heartbreaking to lose Nat - she was one of life's pure gems. She was beautiful, kind, honest but unfortunately also unsaved. This last fact is one that breaks my heart and troubles me a lot, it is one of the points that is top of my prayer list.

Anyway, my friend and I make sure as a rule, we meet every month just for a chat and a catch up. Since we last met she has celebrated her first Christmas and New year without her little sister and it has really been tough for her and the rest of the family. I sometimes find it really difficult because I never want to push my faith upon her, at the same time I just want to scream at her and say GOD CAN HELP YOU, please just let Him in. Instead I sit there in silence using the same empty reassurance lines which I cringe at as soon as I have said them!!!

However today was slightly different, within 5 minutes of sitting down her comment to me was "when someone who you truly love goes away forever - It melts through you" to that I sat silent for what felt like an eternity, what can you say to answer that without agreeing yet not lying to her, she then turned to me and said "I pray to your God every day that He will keep Nats safe, will you pray with me now".

Even now in typing this I am so encouraged - I don't know what I prayed, I don't know how I got through the prayer, what I do know is God was so present with us. After that we sat together and wept, laughed and reminisced. It was the most beautiful time I have ever spent with her.

My Mum constantly tells me that God never gives us more than we can handle - I quoted this in an email this week and surprised myself in doing so. There is a link here I promise!!! In those few seconds after my friends initial comment I prayed, I prayed hard and fast! I told God I wasn't strong enough to deal with the situation and asked Him for escape route!!!

Sometimes we feel like we are stuck in such a haze, and we cant see our hands in front of our faces - but God has us placed there for a reason. He has our lives mapped out in front of us, and though our roads are sometimes rocky and difficult, although we will lose people we love along the way, which does melt us inside; our roads are all heading in an amazing direction - to glorify and honour the Lord so that we may have eternal life.

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