It Is Well With My Soul?!

The tombstone says, "Sometime, we'll understand."

Yeah, it is the same tombstone with the dog, which refused to go home after his master passed on. The mistress not only lost her beloved husband, but their "best friend". She had this tombstone done in memory of the both of them. She had her pain, her questions, her struggles. But she seemed to be patient to know, "sometime".

Today, I saw the lady who always used to cook at the Acha Curry House. I saw her getting down from a car, or rather being helped down in a wheel chair. I saw that one of her legs had been amputated! My spirit was so pained. A lovely lady, who always had a smile for those whom she served. Her cooking was simply delicious. She used to limp though, but one didn't notice it beneath her smile! Today, I understood why they closed down the shop. Her leg had just been amputated! Why her?

Yi Jien? I saw him as a little boy in church. I saw him grow up. I heard he got married. Now he is lost in Montana, somewhere. Why him? Why Kim Guat my friend, who has been through many sorrows? We are still hoping, but it is painful.And her words moved me. Kim Guat said, "Even now, it is well with our souls."

I am not sure I can say that. There is much pain in my heart for these persons. I am pained for my Tanah Airku, too. Yet, these people's footprints urge me to lift up my eyes, cos, ... sometime we'll understand!

So yes, "It Is Well With My Soul!"