We'll be loading up early in the morning to head to Trinity to mourn a much beloved friend. I sat down at my computer just a few hours ago to type a more positive note to leave here for the next days. And as I sat down I received another call.
Another tragic call.
Another friend has left this world. Another one gone too soon; it seems to us.
Today, Hallie's little friend from Trinity was tragically killed in an accident.
So I sit. And the positive doesn't come easy. It's stuffed way back.
I was working on putting up a picture here when I got the call. I was fondly remembering the flock of pelicans that visited each fall down at the marina just a mile from where we lived in Trinity.
I loved them. The sight of them brought me such joy that many days after teaching I would drive a mile further and make a loop by the lake just to see them. Now that we have moved away, it's one of many things I dearly miss.
Can there be anything good about missing something or someone?
I think the picture fits. I know it's the best this broken heart can do for tonight.
God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.Psalm 46:1-3
Please pray for Ashley's family.
Melinda Marks
So sorry for your loss its such a sad time for your family, keep yall in my prayers,
kristi
Thank Melinda. Have a nice week.
Bridget
I pray for the broken hearts of the children who will have such a hard time grasping something that they shouldn't have to know at a young age. Luckily I am positive that I am cared for by a loving Savior who understands my hurts and anguish. I am blessed to know that He is able to carry my load when it is too much for me. I am praying for the lives that were changed forever tonight. I am praying for the siblings who should never have to know such a tragic circumstance and the parents who should never have to lose a baby in such a way.
Kristi
Beautifully said Bridget! I love the verse in Romans 8 that basically says when were speechless, overwrought with grief-that the "Spirit intercedes for us with groans words cannot express".
Love y'all
Jennifer
I am sorry for your broken hearts ...
Kristi
Thank you Jennifer. It's a good week to be with family. Have a good Thanksgiving!
JoAnna
So sorry for ya'lls loss we'll be praying. Yes there is always good that comes out of good and bad things God blesses and He also comforts us.That is a promise we have to hold on to! God has His arms wrapped around sweet Rylie and all of you.God will see you'll through it all. Pray for a safe trip!
Kristina DeVillier
These are words that are from an old Hank Williams song. I always think about them when I hear a child has gone on to be with the Lord. Kristina
And he said, "now dont be weepin for this pretty bit of clay
For the little boy who lived there has done gone and run away
He was doin very finely and he appreciates your love
But his shore nuff father wanted him in the big house up above.
The lord didnt give you that baby, by no hundred thousand miles
He just thought you need some sunshine, and he lent it for awhile
And he let you keep and love it til your hearts were bigger grown
And these silver tears youre sheddin now is just interest on the loan.
Just think, my poor dear mourners, creepin long on sorrows lifes way
What a blessed picnic this here baby got today
Your good fathers and good mothers crowd the little fellow round
In the angels tender garden of the big plantation ground.
And his eyes they brightly sparkle at the pretty things he viewed
But a tear came, and he whispered, i want my parents , too
But then the angels chief musicians teach that little boy a song
Says if only they be faithful theyll soon be comin long.
So, my poor detached mourners, let your hearts with jesus rest
And dont go to criticizin the one what knows the best
He has give us many comforts, hes got the right to take away
To the lord be praised in glory, forever, let us pray."