Daily Wisdom for Women - March 11, 2023

 March 11, 2023 - All of Us   The greatest law is this, "Listen, Jewish people, 'The Lord our God is one Lord! You must love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'" Mark 12: 29-30

 

I have been struggling all week with the loss of my friend Sheri.  I feel guilty because I didn't see her as often as I should have and now I regret the time not spent with her.  I know that my fear of passing on germs to her in her fragile state was a primary reason that I didn't see her.  But I could have been a better friend and called her or sent notes or stopped by to drop off a plant or something to cheer her up during her rough battle with cancer.

All of that is past now, however. She has gone to be with Jesus and her pain and suffering that she endured for the past five years is over.  The messages that I am seeing on FB, posted by her family members, have been so full of her love for Jesus.  She truly did love God with all of her hear and her soul and her mind and with what little strength she had.   Her legacy will live on with her grandsons, with her daughter and son, with her nieces and nephews, with her sister, brother, and mother, and with her husband.  She also has touched the lives of many students and her friends.  

I will miss her.  I can hear her voice and her laughter.  I have been thinking about the many things we did together, the conversations we had, her smile, her love for her family. I hope that I can learn from her legacy as well and show my love for Jesus as she did.

God, You want my heart, my soul, my mind, and my strength.  I offer what I can to you from where I am today.  Amen.