the reason for my sad heart

Living overseas I sometimes get news later than I would like to get it. The news I saw last night was that a dear girl who is precious to my heart passed away on Saturday. The last year, she battled cancer. She was young and very vibrant. I would not have met her if God had not brought me over to Western Europe to work with Agape.

I find myself overwhelmed with sorrow and yet joyful in the fact that she is with Jesus in heaven! She is in a place where there is no more sickness and no more sorrow. I am sad for those she left behind. For her mother and brother, the students she taught, the Italians she loved and poured into in Rome… but I pray that when those who knew her, loved her and prayed for her, are sad… that we will all remember the hope to which she was called. A hope that means she is safe in the arms of Jesus