Why?

Today I attended the funeral of my friend, Carol.  She was a wife and mother; daughter and friend.  She was on her way to work on Thursday when her van was hit by a school bus.  She was killed instantly.  The shock still reverberates with everyone who knew her.

Carol was a quiet woman who cared much for her family and friends.  The church was filled with several hundred mourners. An amazing outpouring of love for a family in the midst of such a tragic loss.  The point?

Life doesn’t always make sense.  It is fragile and unpredictable. Live today because tomorrow is not promised.

Eternity is only a breath away.  Now is the time to have a heart to heart with God.  Live today with eternity in mind. Carol did and it has brought some comfort to her family today and will continue to fill them with a certain knowledge that they will see her again.

God’s ways are not explainable.  I can not begin to understand why a man who already buried his only daughter is now grieving the loss of his wife. Sorrow upon sorrow.  There is no answer to the question of why.  I don’t understand God.  I suppose any God that I can easily explain isn’t much of a God. God is God and I am not.  I do not understand His ways but I have learned to trust his heart.  He is faithful and trustworthy especially on days like today when the answers don’t come and sorrow fills the air.    

Please pray from my friend Ralph.  He has joined the ranks of those who grieve.  Pray for his son Michael (my son-in-law) who is far too young to have to be so familiar with grief. 

May the God of all comfort draw near to all who mourn today.

Karen