Being the mother of three and a wife of almost thirty years, trusting in God has not been debatable for a very long time.

Like prayer, it's just there. I'm sort of a 'pray without thinking' kinda gal. If I come upon a wreck, I pray for the injured and the family, or families, who are about to receive the news. I'm forgetful, so I don't make a mental note or a list for later. You're probably the same way. Because don't you just love that you can go to Him anytime?

Same goes for trust. I trust God - period. Does this mean that I don't worry, stress myself out or lose hours of sleep over stuff? Absolutely not. I'm human. But in retrospect, I look back at all of the crossroads, situations and heartbreaks that God alone has led me thru over the years. So yeah - I trust God.

The comfort of that trust came into play - big time - yesterday. To make a long and agonizing story short - my dad was considered missing for a while. Hate that word now.

He left home about 9:30 for an hour and a 1/2 drive to Nashville for a doctors appt. My mom received a call from someone within the CT department at 1:00 wanting to know why he had missed his appt. Can I just share that gut wrenching panic followed?

Several hours were spent placing phone calls, filing police reports and my brother driving winding country roads searching for his vehicle. He was stopping along the way to show my dad's photo, hoping someone may have seen him. At one such market he found my dad's empty vehicle in the parking lot. As he was reporting this to the authorities, my dad walked out with a bag of groceries.

Yep. He did arrive for an appt. He had x-rays AND a CT scheduled, but only went for the x-rays, thinking those and the CT were one in the same.

So while we were absolutely frantic - he had driven to his appt, was returning home and had merely stopped to pick up a few groceries...sigh.

In retrospect?

For my dad -

#1 Never leave home without your cell phone.
#2 Travel thru Clarksville to Nashville - not the 'back-roads'.

And for me -

#1 IF there's a next time - have them cross-reference all other departments for his name.

#2 Obtain his tag number.

But most importantly? As my mind replayed the events over and over last night, I recalled that familiar comfort of God reminding me - 'Everything will be okay, trust me.'

I went to bed extremely grateful last night and awoke the same way.

Life is indeed good ...

Until later :)