Thursday, August 20, 2009

The Pain of Separation

Andrew, a friend of mine in Facebook, recently posted this comment there:

there are so many people leaving me in the next couple weeks its ridiculous

He's got some friends going off to college, while others are leaving to start churches in faraway cities. So Andrew is starting to taste it.
My kids felt it about twelve years ago. Their mother, in her eagerness to reject me, also abandoned them for a time.

Several years after the divorce, I fell in love with a woman who lived 7000 miles away. We both experienced it until we were able to unite again (the third anniversary of our incredible marital bliss is next week).
Perhaps you also have gone through some painful periods of separation. But I have a loved one who has suffered like no one else ever has, and separation was a major part of his pain. (click underlined parts for more)