who i am...

who i am...i am reminded today, and quite a bit here lately, about who i am.  fran had left this comment mentioning that she had been digging into a particular verse in lamentations.  It sparked an interest with me...i read lamentations 3 and then i had to do some digging of my own.  who wrote this book, what was the context, who was he writing to...  i kept coming back to chp. 3 though, and i couldnt help but notice the change that occurs in the believed author Jeremiah. he is mad at God at first, or at least he is willing to be honest about how he feels, which is revealed in v. 1-20 .  then something happens, he says this in v. 21, "Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope." this isnt a bible lecture, so i wont un-pack the rest of the text...but the verses that follow describe that hope.  it describes an understanding of sorts, a peace.  

Oct. 24, 1972.  Scotty was born.  my brother...he has been gone nearly 6 and a half years now.  he would have been 36 today.  man, i miss him.  and although i was angry and i don't understand why, i now have hope and i know that it is ok.  and who i am today, is largely due to what God has done in my life, through scotty's death.  that is why i have hope.  that is how i know that Jesus Christ lives.  that is who i am...

(the pic is of scotty and our nephew, julian...several years back!)