I like to share what others email to me, many of which are passed along from one person to another.

Thank you for allowing me to share different thoughts that I have, write, and forward to you.

Not as often, I have others write something that I enjoy sharing. This one is written by a long-time school friend of our daughter, Jamie: John Meyer is a 1989 CGHS graduate and now a special ed teacher in the Des Moines School system:

Where Is God?

Where is God in the world today?

Where is He in the multitude of gray?

If only He would reveal His face.

To show He actually cares about the human race.

Where is God in the world today?

Where is He in the multitude of gray?

Crime, poverty, hunger, war, disease abound

tear away at our hearts, drag us down.

What I would give to see His face.

He could instantly end this insane rat race.

So where is the Immanuel; God with us?

Does He exist; should I really trust?

As crazy as this world seems

believe me His face still beams.

He still walks upon this earth, so very near.

He loves unconditionally as He did on the cross; held us dear.

God is the autumn leaves: orange, yellow, red.

He is the kind words that were said.

God is there when a child for the first time rides a bike.

He is there when a boy hugs his new puppy, Spike.

God is the ants who diligently work.

He is the disabled child with all his little quirks.

God is the fragrance the flowers wear.

He is the sunlight cast upon her long blonde hair.

God is the waterfall that flows; a sparkling fountain.

He is the majestic mountain.

God is the birds that soar across the sky.

He is there for the newborn baby’s first cry.

God is there with the couple walking along the beach.

He is the tasty strawberry, the juicy orange, the sweet peach.

God is the cute little girl playing in the puddle.

He is in the midst of the high school football game,

right square in the huddle.

God is the kind hand of a friend.

He is the parent whose tough love will never end.

God is the melody in a singer’s voice.

He is there when a teenager makes a difficult choice.

God is the soldier who gave up his life.

He is the comforter in all our pain and strife.

To think He provided all of this,

and yet was condemned to death with a friend’s kiss.

But He still loves us so much He took on our burden, our sin

and won the war we could never win.

God is still in the world today

and the world really isn’t that gray.

If we just take the time to clear our eyes

we will surely see a daily surprise.

For His smile is my smile and your smile

if we would just slow down and realize it once and a while.

What an amazing God we have if we just look.

His daily reminder is the good book.

His love letter to us all;

the written guarantee that He took our fall.

His written promise that from Him we will never be apart

for He lives in our heart.