Joy in the Journey: Traveling Mercies Home

I miss this little guy already! How Lucas got around Ancient Corinth! I keep thinking about that old stone in Ancient Corinth with 2 Corinthians 4:17 written in Greek and English. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. This verse has been thought provoking many times on our journey of grief as a family the last few years. Matthew used to sing "afflictions eclipsed by glory" when he sang the song "How He Loves." This is the only inscribed stone I found in all of Ancient Corinth. What are the chances? What does it mean? I wonder how my flowering trees at home look by now. Looking forward to seeing them! I named today J oy in the Journey. Swam in the Mediterranean waters in the Gulf of Corinth for the last time. Reminiscing last evening around the supper table. In 1978 when Dad and Mom were doing their Austria assignment with Operation Mobilization, us five girls spent that month with Clara Butti...