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My daughter's journey of faith after Julius went home to the Lord

This is my daughter's journey of faith as she presented it to the women of our church.  I guess I’ll start with the question of the evening, which is: "Where would you be if not for Christ's Redemption?" I have to say that:  "I would have been separated from God, enslaved by a false sense of entitlement, but instead I’m boasting in the Cross"   John Piper    once wrote: “ For there is no greater joy, than joy in the greatness of God. And if we must suffer to see this and savour it   most deeply, then suffering is a mercy. ” As many of you know, last year in the month of May my dad was involved in a tragic motor vehicle accident. I’ll never forget the phone call I received, and the day will forever remain one of the darkest days of my entire life. I have never cried out to God so much, for anyone, or anything....only to find out that the answer was a resounding “no”. I never had the chance to say goodbye or to prepare myself for the stark new realit

God is good all the time.

This past week the girls and I found ourselves in a ritzy downtown lawyer's office. As we walked in I swung between feeling completely at peace to having knots in my stomach. My phone kept alerting me to text and email messages that faithful praying friends were sending - God's people upholding us and praying for us. We were ushered into a plush boardroom and one of the city's leading lawyers and his law student graciously explained about insurance laws and the intricacies of Section 23A, underinsured motorist coverage, torte law, and on and on...I found my mind swinging from having complete clarity to getting flashbacks... Was this us? Really? We came from India way back it seems in 1998 - a quiet immigrant family living on a quiet street...Our first home, the girls elementary school, the daily walk to school by the creek. Learning the laws/culture of this new land, and adapting to it. Fitting in as best as we could. Julius working hard at his job. Me keeping a part-tim