A Map
A few weeks ago as I prayed for a country embroiled in conflict, I felt impressed by the Lord to buy a new world map. A couple days later I found a laminated world map that is large enough for me to read the names of the smallest of countries. Oh, for the days of 20-20 vision! A couple of days later, my aunt Ginny died. She was my aunt, my friend, a trusted sister in Christ. She was still a teenager when my parents married, so I thought she was pretty cool compared to many of my aunts and uncles and especially my parents. I learned many wonderful things about her childhood during her funeral. I also saw a gigantic map front and center in the sanctuary. It was her map. She had had it for decades, prayed over the nations faithfully every night except when she was in the hospital. The map was news to her children and me. Only her husband and her pastor knew about the map. Tears poured down my face as I looked at her map and thought about the Lord laying it on my heart to buy on...