present

Why yes, we toasted orange juice in fancy glasses on a weekday morning together.

Because you see these women are present in the hardest moments of life. Just like the women who watched, cared for and followed Jesus even to the darkest moment ever on earth, these women are present. Ever nearer even as the pain grows. So we also savor and revel in the glory and beauty to testify that Jesus is living, moving, refining, redeeming and speaking life over every place where death has left its mark.

Cheer one another on my friends! Stay present. We will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living because our hope is sure and enduring and not based on any circumstances (and I mean, none).