My Blessing Today

I led a memorial service today for a wonderful lady named Carol Bahn from our church who passed away a couple of weeks ago.  Carol was especially fond of her grandson Josh who has Down's Syndrome.  After the service, Josh came up to me and introduced himself to me.  He said to me: "Grandma sick, Grandma with God.  Why?"  I told Josh that God did not want his Grandma to be sick and that is why she is now with God.  Josh looked at me with tears in his eyes and told me: "Tell God to give Grandma back!"  He then grabbed a hold of me with both arms and sobbed into me.  If you know me, you know that I am not a huggy person.  But something about the love this young man had for his Grandma really touched me.  When he was done holding on to me, he looked up and said: "Hey, I had a big cry."  I assured him it was a good thing to have a big cry.  Thanks Josh for the hug and for loving your Grandma so much.  Thanks Carol for helping to teach Josh to love by your example.  I was greatly blessed today.