Will your absence make me forget?

Challenges is something that has been very significant to me for the past year. I say significant because not only do I notice I am being challenged, but I understand the purpose of such challenges and I realise the benefit I get from them. I'm not sure how true it is if I were to say I'd miss them if they went away. Maybe I would, to a certain extent.. but I know that as long as I have this beating heart, I will face trials that are meant to develop me in one way or another.

Now hear this: Two people I know and whom I care for are leaving Malaysia, and though I believe God will reunite us someday, the thought of not seeing them, or talking to them hurts me. I do not doubt God's decisions in bringing them away, in fact I hope and pray that they find the calling He has set out for them while they are gone.

But how long will we be away from each other?

If we neglect to be in contact for a full five years.. will I forget? I fear I will. I don't think I forget that easily, but what if I do? Someone once joked that I would forget that person eventually sometime down the road.. I put on a good face, but inside I felt afraid because I do not want to forget those I love and care for. To imagine that I could be that absent-minded, it gives a platform for the works of the enemy, which is obviously not good at all.

So, if it hurts to see two people leave, how will I bear leaving the whole family? I will be leaving, I hardly think I can avoid that.

We'll see, when the day comes.