Today was a different day. Sort of like this picture. It doesn’t really make much sense. I mean, its all the elements that we would expect about a leaf and green grass, but there is something still odd about it. Today was kind of odd and different.
Work seemed to fly by in the beginning with no problems. Had some problems towards the end of the shift with the plumbing, but I stayed late and it was taken care of. During that time though I received some kind of intense news. Someone close to our church and friends died suddenly last night. He was a great father and husband. His death came sudden to the family and it was not expected. He was a middle aged man who loved the Lord Jesus Christ; he love his family; and he loved the military.
You see, he was chaplain, and his job consisted of telling families that their sons and/or daughters have died in service to our country. All he wanted to do was tell the men and women in the military about Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. But God decided last night that it would be better for this man to be with Him. Sometimes these things happen, and they happen so fast that we don’t really understand everything that is going on. I spent a lot of time today with the family and it was hard. There were many tears. There were many hugs. Yet in all of this, they know their father is spending his eternity with Christ in heaven.
My wife and I spent some of the late evening just crying together for the family. We had a quiet dinner, but that’s OK. When something like this hits close to home you can’t help but think about those you love, and those who are close to you whom you wouldn’t want to lose. We are recently married, and the thought of losing my wife is very difficult. God has his timing, and it is perfect. Sometimes we don’t understand it, but God has a plan. I just need to trust the Lord with my life on a daily basis. Allow him to work in and through me to mature me and show me that my days are numbered. What am I doing with my life? What am I doing for Christ? All I can say is that if the Lord gives me a tomorrow, I will glorfiy him. I will honor him and trust him, because that’s what I’m called to do.
Goodnight.
My researchers tell me this my 101th blog. Now, that doesn’t count the many previous “blogs” I did in high school which I aptly called my “journal”. Oh man, those were the days. I had the blogsophere all to myself. Not anymore of course. Now I compete with hundreds of thousands of blogs throughout the internet galaxy. Such a sad commentary in our times.