today i saw.

went through some photos on facebook of someone i haven't seen in a long time.

there was one of her and her son after his baptism.

and she was so proud of him.

there was another of her taking a photo of him during his baptism.

and she was so proud of him.

still there was another of her taking a photo with him after his baptism.

and she was so proud of him.

i smiled, thinking, this is how things should be.

then i looked again.

and i could find none of the father.

i know enough to know why the father is never in the photos.

and i thought,

isn't that sad.
this isn't how things should be.
but this is almost always how things are.
in most families.
in most lives.


something i also learned through the various sharings in camp cameron.


isn't it sad, how things are not the way they should be?

living in a fallen world,

i know there will be more to come
of things that aren't the way they should be,
of things that are never what they should be.

but again,

this is my Father's world.

Father,
seeing all this,
Your pain must be greater.