This weekend. Very hard. We lost Cruz and willows grandmother and my friend Debbie. Woke up this morning to find out my friend lost her husband in a plane crash This afternoon my friends husband lost his battle with cancer. Three friends are gone and their families are in pain. We are in pain. But I trust that God is good. Why? Because I am going to die someday. Its a fact. Marc will die. My children will die. God is good because He provided a way for us to be with Him forever. He made it so that this life isnt all there is. And it cost Him everything to do it. I have put myself before Him, before my family and before everyone and everything else countless times. The definition of this is sin. And sin is not holy. God is holy. Heaven is holy. I am not holy. And God loves me so much that he could not leave me in my sin - dying in my sin that would keep me away from Him forever. He rescued me while I was still in my sin. I could not rescue myself. Sin is so bad that it deserves death and thats a price thats too big for me to pay. In the same way I would do anything for my children, God went to the ends of the earth for me. But He gave part of Himself. He sent His son who didnt put Himself first, who never broke any law, who never thought of Himself before anyone - He didnt have any sin. He sent His perfect Son who He loved to receive the punishment I deserved so that we can be together, so that this life isnt all their is. And I can believe its true because His body is not here. He was so perfect, so powerful and so TRUE that He did not stay dead. In every sense of the word He is alive. I have comfort in the face of losing three friends this weekend because I know this is not the end. I know the depths of Gods love for me and you and that He loves us too much to let this life be the best there is. Friends - I know you might be reading this and have no clue what Im talking about. Even if its not today, someday youre going to wonder about it. Youre going to question if there is a God and if He is good. Please use me as one of your references because I want you to know for yourself. I leave you now heartbroken but hopeful. I will see Debbie again someday I will see Rick again someday. I will see Justin again someday. And it will have nothing to do with me and everything to do with God, His love, His mercy and Hod grace. He is our peace.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 03:55:28 +0000