Note: This doesn't mean I'm not blogging anymore.
"Goodbye."
"I think it's time to say goodbye."
Goodbye. A word that can be filled with sorrow, regret, and longing. Yet that word can have sweetness too, if we let it. The sweetness lies beneath the surface, in its origin. It is a word that comes from the 1500s and is a contraction of the phrase, "God be with you!" I'm not a person that likes to cut ties, to let go (at least not today). But when I let go of people and give them to my God, it's okay.
"The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works." Psalm 145:9.
"He that loveth not knoweth not God: for God is love." 1 John 4:7.
No matter where I am, no matter where my people are, He is watching over all of us. And so, to say "goodbye" (whether literally or not) can be a comforting thing, when we remember and embrace the expression it's short for. God be with you! What more could we want?
Blessings,
Jean
