What do we do with the unexpected things in our life that happen that we just for the life of us can not explain the hows and the whys? People have wrestled with things like this for centuries maybe even longer. Freak accidents, things that pop out of nowhere, chance sightings or even maybe being hit by lightening. On a trip to Australia we listen to a lot of old fashion wave technology...it’s called a RADIO. We do. We listen to a lot of radio in Australia and in fact they have really interesting radio unlike here that is filled with clap trap and commercials.
I once heard a story about a man who had been hit by lightening and could all of a sudden play the piano like a genius. I am not joking...I didn’t believe him until tons of testimonies held that same account, even his mother and there he was...now he gives concerts all over the world. I believe he had complications too like heart issues and other health issues, but before that he was in a totally different world that had nothing to do with the piano.
I was thinking about this whole miracle if you want to call it that this week because a dear friend of mine died from TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome). She was 40 and had 2 kids. She was absolutely gorgeous and was one of the sweetest people I have gotten to know through my kids being friends. This news and the whole aspect of TSS has come to a huge shock, this is so out of the blue that I’ve had to stop and think truly about the big picture stuff in life. The aspect of my friend never having cancer, never driving on a dangerous road, never over dosing on drugs, never committing suicide, not even being killed has even been more explaining of the hows and whys. I can explain evil, I can see evil but really ...a tampon? I mean I get the crazies that do horrible stuff to people, that is just obviously evil. But complications of a tampon? Really?
The fact is TSS is deadly. Just like the chemicals and material that is used in the manufacturing of tampons has suggested to be there are warning statements on the box. And yet, I know as a Mom she would have felt sick and gone to bed thinking she had a virus or something. But she never woke up again. It sucks. It’s unfair. But I could totally see myself not going to the doctor or thinking I'd feel better in the morning.
I have struggled with questioning God’s sovereign ways this week. It’s been hard to look at the lovely picture of her, think about our last chance meeting in the store and engaged in that blossoming friendship that will never be. In any crisis of faith I have to go back to the big picture and place myself under it. What is God doing? I’ve had some questions in that direction for sure. Why would this happen to her? How sovereign are You O Lord? Usually God points me to the direction of Job in this way. He also pulls me back to the reality that life is fragile and to take care of what God has given to us because in an instant, it can be gone. Love one another. Our lives are like grains of sand on the expanse of the oceans. We have limited time here with our loved ones, with our spouses, with our children, and with our friends.
So, what do I conclude for now with regards to my friend? Well, I know that God on this day has done His plan and not mine. I am never promised all the answers to why, how and who. The fact is, it’s very rare for people to come out of a lightening strike with perfect concert pianist abilities...usually people drop dead from electrical shock. In walking here on earth, we walk in fragility more often than strength and sometimes need to be reminded of that.
Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!"
But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks.Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Dedicated to Juliana
I was thinking about this whole miracle if you want to call it that this week because a dear friend of mine died from TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome). She was 40 and had 2 kids. She was absolutely gorgeous and was one of the sweetest people I have gotten to know through my kids being friends. This news and the whole aspect of TSS has come to a huge shock, this is so out of the blue that I’ve had to stop and think truly about the big picture stuff in life. The aspect of my friend never having cancer, never driving on a dangerous road, never over dosing on drugs, never committing suicide, not even being killed has even been more explaining of the hows and whys. I can explain evil, I can see evil but really ...a tampon? I mean I get the crazies that do horrible stuff to people, that is just obviously evil. But complications of a tampon? Really?
The fact is TSS is deadly. Just like the chemicals and material that is used in the manufacturing of tampons has suggested to be there are warning statements on the box. And yet, I know as a Mom she would have felt sick and gone to bed thinking she had a virus or something. But she never woke up again. It sucks. It’s unfair. But I could totally see myself not going to the doctor or thinking I'd feel better in the morning.
I have struggled with questioning God’s sovereign ways this week. It’s been hard to look at the lovely picture of her, think about our last chance meeting in the store and engaged in that blossoming friendship that will never be. In any crisis of faith I have to go back to the big picture and place myself under it. What is God doing? I’ve had some questions in that direction for sure. Why would this happen to her? How sovereign are You O Lord? Usually God points me to the direction of Job in this way. He also pulls me back to the reality that life is fragile and to take care of what God has given to us because in an instant, it can be gone. Love one another. Our lives are like grains of sand on the expanse of the oceans. We have limited time here with our loved ones, with our spouses, with our children, and with our friends.
So, what do I conclude for now with regards to my friend? Well, I know that God on this day has done His plan and not mine. I am never promised all the answers to why, how and who. The fact is, it’s very rare for people to come out of a lightening strike with perfect concert pianist abilities...usually people drop dead from electrical shock. In walking here on earth, we walk in fragility more often than strength and sometimes need to be reminded of that.
Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!"
But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks.Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Dedicated to Juliana
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