Leo, Our Little Lion Man

 This might be the most important thing I've written...     Some context for my story. What is Jessica & Friends and what connected us to them leading me to end up at their program at LBC chapel? Jessica & Friends Community is a non-profit organization that provides faith-based services and supports for adults affected by autism/intellectual disabilities. Peter and Paulette Teague started it. Jessica is their daughter. Also, Lancaster Bible College is where Brad and I went to college and Dr. Teague (Peter) was the president of LBC during our time there. He's very good at remembering students and faces. We both loved him when we were students. We reached out to them after Leo was born and got to spend some one-on-one time (or two-on-two) with them with Leo. They are wonderful wells of wisdom to draw from--as well as examples to see.         I heard that Jessica & Friends was doing a program for the LBC chapel last week. The Teagues said that Leo and I could come and

 Psalm 145:2 says, " Every day I will bless you    and praise your name forever and ever." (ESV). It feels weird to praise God. We don't usually talk like that in day-to-day life. And it feels like a brag, like "look at all that's good in my life." This is the other part for me. I don't wanna say, "Just hang on. It will get better," because it might not. Life might suck and just not get better. God doesn't owe us that. But it doesn't mean that he's not present.  What I mean is this: God loves. God heals. God redeems. And God gives good gifts. God gives comfort (let's not make those last two the same thing, right?). God also allows horrid things to happen. And He doesn't owe us better lives. We did not earn it. We do not earn it. God loves and God is just. I don't know if I know the words to say more than that here. As in, I'm trying to describe something that human minds can't resolve. So, if you wanna talk about