Jesus was at the park today...

Today was a beautiful day.

We chased down memories like they were fleeting,

owned moments like they were gifts,

captured time like it was ours to keep forever.

Today was a day that strangers cried & prayed.

What IF this moment was your last?

It could be.

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Today was a day I have no words for.

We walked up from the river after skipping rocks, collecting sticks, embracing the sounds of a lapping river and stumbled into a family's nightmare at it's beginning.

A woman collapsed at the park surrounded by her family.

My son was in shock not wanting to leave, not wanting to stay; 

I looked at him in the eyes, knelt before him & said, "lets pray."

I reminded him,

"Sweetie, do you know what God PROMISES?

That if two or more are gathered in his name, He is here!

We are praying for that family right now & He is among us."

Our prayers came to a close and a small group of teens behind us joined hands,

"We should pray"

a sweet girl's voice said.

The scene became chaotic.

Compressions began.

An elderly man on a bench was leaning on his grandson & blowing into his hanky.

He could do nothing for the woman he loved.

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I've replayed it all in my head for hours.

The way things unfolded in the great divide of heaven and earth.

I wouldn't normally take a photo like this - I still have reservations - but I've never seen anything like this either.

A group of total strangers surrounded the man sobbing on the bench, encased him, and began to pray as one (on the right).

It was like heaven & it's glory opened and glowed above the loss the world was experiencing but the gain heaven was welcoming in  (on the left).

Jesus was at the park today.

Right where we stood.

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Today was a beautiful day.

We chased down memories like they were that are fleeting,

owned moments like they were that are gifts,

captured time like it was ours to keep forever because it's temporary.