It’s About Relationships
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While going through my morning routine, a comment on one of our sites in the High Calling blog network caught my eye. I’d like to share it with you.
A lost balloon turned out to be a great blessing during a difficult time in our life.
Several years ago, our youngest daughter lost her balloon in a HyVee grocery parking lot. It drifted high and fast, and she sobbed in her car seat as it floated away.
A couple years later, her grandpa died, and she told me: “Mommy, he’s got that balloon that I lost at the grocery store. It was waiting for him in Heaven, and God gave it to him.”
That balloon gave her great comfort as she grieved his death.
Sometimes, it seems, the things we hold tight were meant to fly away for reasons we could never have understood when we first lost them.
see also: "The Fear of Letting Go" by Billy Coffey
photo "99 Red Balloons" by Aidan Moher, used under a Creative Commons license.
