Total Loss

I don't think anyone can imagine what it's like to watch your house, all your clothes, all your books, all your papers, maybe all the photo albums you didn't snatch in time -- all of it go up in flames. I was going to say, only the people who've gone through such a devastating fire can understand it, but I don't even think THEY can grasp it.

As we see reports this morning -- this mourning -- out of California, our hearts go out to our friends, neighbors, sisters, brothers, cousins -- which is to say -- our hearts go out to perfect strangers, as they contemplate their total loss. We pray for them and hope they remember there is hope. Some how we find a way to rebuild. God knows how.