From Donny, about Mitchell:<\/p>\n
If faith were just a wish upon nothing, I would not be crying right now. I would not pray for Mitchell. I would see Mitch through my tears and move on as if nothing were before my eyes but a saline solution.
\nBut I see God. I feel caring in my body. I can see the picture of a child that Jesus said was precious. I can feel it as if I were in the room with Mitch.
\nNothingness from nothingness to our world . . . could not make me feel this way. Random processes do not make a heart ache or sing with joy.
\nGod has made us in His image. So I know that God is there because I can feel my emotions like a rock striking the ground or a Falcon soaring.
\nI cannot understand why people suffer. But I know what it feels like to hug my child and I know what it is like to feel them as if they were “part of you.”
\nI know suffering and I know joy.
\nI do not understand either.
\nI know there is a God who does.
\n“I love you Mitchell.”
\nI know that too.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Donny, about Mitchell: If faith were just a wish upon nothing, I would not be crying right now. I would not pray for Mitchell. I would see Mitch through my tears and move on as if nothing were before my eyes but a saline solution. But I see God. I feel caring in my…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith"],"yoast_head":"\n
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