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From here to there

A lot of you are familiar with or at least know of my only niece, Scarlett (or Sweet Scarlett, as I often refer to her).
A brilliant gal in the prime of her life and career was involved in a horrible car accident at the age of 36, leaving her with a severe brain injury. God has brought her so far….so many accomplishments that she wasn’t “supposed” to ever achieve.
A couple of years ago while she was going through a particularly hard struggle, she said to me, “Aunt Ann, I know I’m gonna make it, but right now I’m in that in between place”. I knew exactly what she was saying…and I’d imagine you do, too, right?
We believe that God’s gonna walk with us and get us to the other side…however, sometimes it just seems like a longggggg way from here to there, doesn’t it?
We’re gonna make it..but there are times we sure do need a hand to hold or place to rest on the journey….’cause we aren’t “there” yet…and we need to hear from somebody, who actually cares where we are struggling, that we’re loved. And yes, it would be good to hear from loving lips…”you will never be alone”….and you will get ‘there’.

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  1. AnonymousApril 5, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    :-)

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  2. LaDonnaApril 5, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    I've been there too, AnnD. Feel like I've still be in that place. The "in between" place isn't an easy place to be. :) So thankful though that "here" isn't where we'll stay and that there'll be better days when we get "there". It is "there" where we can look back and see what He brought us through and kept us in in the "here" season. :)

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  3. Phil HooverApril 6, 2011 at 6:06 PM

    Oh yes, Ann. I know that feeling all too well. My great grandmother (on my father's side) taught me a song when I was only 5 years old...(she was 103 at the time, no joke). I still remember those precious words "And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own..."

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  4. DiBaileyApril 7, 2011 at 9:44 PM

    Being in that "In between place" is an uncomfortable position. Kind of like one of the caves Keith and I explored many years ago when we thought it was fun to squeeze into tight places underground! I can still remember that feeling of being squeezed between two rock walls, and being unable to draw a deep breathe. Sometimes it was hard to remain calm. I haven't experienced the In Between place that Scarlett was, or is in, but we all experience it in different ways, at some point in life, and when we are being squeezed on all sides by life, we have to stay calm and let God do His work. I can't know exactly what Scarlett is going through, but I do know that God has a very special plan for her life, and He has used her to touch SO MANY people because of that accident and what it did to her. She has really touched my life! Scarlett, and what she has gone through because of the accident is a perfect example of how God can take something bad and turn it into something good....for HIS glory. This probably isn't the "testimony" she would have chosen, if she had been given a choice in it....just as I wouldn't have chosen to be the daughter of a mentally ill Mother, or to have cancer, or any of the other "bad" experiences life has dealt me. But, when we can't change those bad times in life, God can still use them if we will let Him. I'm so glad we can't see the future, to know how things will occur in life. But I'm most thankful that God promised to always be with us, even....and actually, ESPECIALLY during the tough times.

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  5. UnknownApril 10, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    I been in that in between place, i never knew what was going to happen but i survive and i am here to tell about it ..

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  6. AnonymousApril 19, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    Praise God for loving through friends because sometimes we just need that human touch and I love you comments.

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