The past two years has already been tough for our family, with one ordeal after the other needing me to fly back home several times in a dismal state.
I am at a certain age, where I worry about my aging parents, recently aging parent since my Mom passed away last year. Thankfully, my siblings who live with him, look after my Dad. But despite that, being 13,000 miles away from my family always comes with it some fear of the safety of my parents, and my siblings. In the past two years, we have had our share of the worst unfathomable nightmares a family can go through one after the other, that I truly had to put out a request for a ‘time out’ from the Lord (as if we can do that). But God has his mysterious ways, which may not be incomprehensible to a human mind.
These are incidents we cannot control. But as one who lives away from her family, I can only pray that the Lord and Holy Spirit protect my family from anything. And if incidents like these happen, I can only pray for strength and patience, and wisdom for my family so we can overcome it together as a family. And that despite all these unexpected incidents, one can only hope and pray and trust that there is a reason behind it, which we may not be able to understand. At the end of the day, God really is the driver of our lives. It really is not in our hands but we continue to do our best, to always ask for guidance, and make use of our time here recognizing that there is eternal life with Him after we are through with our earthly life.