Todd Mitchell- Blessings

God is good.

This has not been an easy statement for me the last few days.

I have been very angry. I could not possibly see how God could clean up this mess. How He was going to make this "good".

But now as I am moving through this grief tunnel, I am amazed at all he is providing.

You can see God all over Paula and her boys. They are sad, but they have peace. I know they are going to struggle over the coming months but God is walking with them. I am amazed at the strength I see from her and the boys. It is so clear. I am amazed and in awe.

The blessings that are surrounding them are amazing. Here is just one. In the hospital Paula asked me to try and locate a counselor that Jackson used to have. I put our good friend Terri on the case. She is scarey good at finding people and information. She couldn't find him. The night that Todd passed, Paula got in the car and there was a message on her phone. It was from this counselor she hadn't spoken to in a couple of years. He was going into private practice and wanted to let her know! That's God for you.

And there are many more stories. But what sticks out most in my mind, what kept running through my head the whole time Todd was in the hospital were in the weeks proceeding his passing, he had some very, very, special moments with his family. Don't get me wrong Todd was a phenominal father. Really. But he was also the President of Castrol of North America! Yeah, he was busy. But the weeks before he passed he took his boys to their first Bears football game, he went on a fun family weekend with his family, and he baptized his son Jackson. I cry every time I think of that. I praise God for those gifts to his boys.

God is good.

Kristen