We Go Together
Earlier today, I sent off a beautiful, Jesus-loving girl to go to another country. She got an awesome full-time job there – she’s a coach. She’s a missionary in Panama, and she’ll live there until God tells her to move on. She’s a brave fighter, a champion, a gospel-proclaimer, a leader, and a world changer. She’s Flo, and she’s my sister. As my “other mom” Mel and I got her all packed up and ready to go late last night, I began to feel a little sadappy. (That’s a word I’ve used for a long time to describe what I feel when I’m sad and happy at the same time.) It’s never going to be a fun or easy thing to do to say “see ya later” to the ones I hold close to my heart. It would be foolish for me to think anything otherwise. The Lord blesses us with all kinds of special people to be a part of our innermost circles, as well as a heart to love those people greatly. We all cherish the ones who love us in return, lift us up, and make us better people. When we have to separate from them, a...