Found this picture of Andy today, that he uploaded to his myspace page ten days ago. His internet time has been so limited lately he hadn't had time for myspace so I quit checking it for a while. Somehow I missed this. I wish for more pictures every day and then I get one and it creates such turmoil. I have questions but no one to ask. There's worry in the pit of my stomach that I can't even begin to put words to. I listen intently to the news on the radio hoping simultaneously that there will be some mention of the goings on in AFG and praying that there is nothing newsworthy happening there.
There is only one comfort. The same God that walks me thru every day on this side of the planet is the exact God who knows the precise valley where my brother is on patrol on the other side of the planet. While it feels like he's a million miles away, we look up and take in the sight of the very same moon and stars. I pray for him and I know God hears my prayers. As Joni Erikson Tada wrote: "There is never a place where He is not."
I know this song (recorded by Dierks Bentley) was written as a romantic love song, but I think it could be read with a different meaning as well. As you read it, think of it as I do--as a song from God to each one of us--whether on the banks of the Cumberland or on the other side of the planet in an Afghani valley, and all points in between.
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"My Love Will Follow You"
Take your suitcase and take your heart
Take a train to the boulevard
My love will follow you, my love will follow you
You can try to lose yourself downtown
You can burn all your bridges down
My love will follow you, yeah my love will follow you
My love will follow you
Down every highway of your soul
You can leave me far behind
But my love will be your shadow
Everywhere you go
So close the door, turn in the key
Leave me here like a memory
My love will follow you, my love will follow you
Even on a road that takes you down where
Cords of human kindness come unwound
My love will follow you, yeah my love will follow you
If you should go so far, that you cannot get back
You may not remember, but my heart will not lose track
So go ahead and take that train
In my heart you'll still remain
My love will follow you, my love will follow you
My love will follow you
Oh, follow you
My love will follow you
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