August 16, 2007

Another Perspective (3 Comments)

Filed under: Life — The Spider Herself @ 9:26 am

This has been a difficult 6 weeks or so.

In early July a lady that is the mother to another lady in our church faithfully brought kids to our Vacation Bible School. Since then she has been in and out of the hospital and the last I heard was being Life Flighted to a Big Big City with Big Hospitals. There is concern for the lady and concern for her daughter.

Also, in early July came the news that a family we are getting to know had devastating news that their youngest son had cancer in his kidney and lungs. Joshua is four years old. One day they were playing happily on the beach and then their world came apart and they are in a war to save their son’s life. This has weighted heavily on my heart. I can so identify with this Mother; she is stronger in so many ways than me, but it would be so hard to go through. I still remember the last time we visited and Joshua’s bright eyes, rosy checks and shy smile.

Last Thursday the kids and I went to have lunch with Brett. We hadn’t gone in quite awhile. We paused in our stampede down the hall to say “hi” to two men, one was a guy named Jess. Jess works out of the office there but not directly with Col. Panic although he is married to someone The Col. did work directly with for many years and who he holds in high regard. Friday morning news came that Jess had had a stroke and was being Life Flighted to The Big City. Sunday came the news that he had had another stroke and was brain dead. He was 54, a great guy.

Last night, my Mom called. A friend’s Son had been in a car accident- he has a concussion. The other car involved also carried a Friend of my Mom’s and she was dead. My Mom had played volleyball with her on Tuesday night, just as they had for the past 40 years.

One day life is good, a fun day at the beach, a visit in the hall, an evening spent together and the next… life is forever changed.  So, beloved friends,  go hug your loved ones and let them know how important they are to you NOW!

“Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10

Now, there is Peace.

3 Comments »

  1. It sounds as though midsummer has been rough all around. Do you perchance remember Della from the elevator in Overton? In July, she (and her family) lost a son to leukemia; he had just graduated from high school.

    There are many reasons to pray for discernment and perspective. There is no human good in these things; but human good is not the end all, be all; we must trust other understanding.

    Comment by kn. — August 17, 2007 @ 6:45 am

  2. Wise words from one so young. 🙂

    Comment by justme — August 22, 2007 @ 9:35 pm

  3. Sounds like the way life has been down here this summer. Truck driver friend of our had a heart attack and died in the sleeper of his truck in California 2 weeks ago. (A week before my birthday). He had just got a Harley that he wanted and had got to ride it for all of 5 min. But we think that he knew something was going to happen. Then on my birthday while I was at the Fair with Shannon my very old dog died. Had to be on my birthday. God’s will be done.

    Comment by Kathleen — August 24, 2007 @ 5:38 pm

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