There are somethings in life you never expect to have to learn so soon. One of those things happened for me this week. A friend of mine was in a car wreck Wednesday night. Her dad was killed in the wreck. She was seriously hurt. She's in the hospital now in an induced coma in the ICU. I'm still in shock that this happened. It's really hit close to home with me. I saw her two days ago and now she's laying in a hospital bed in really bad shape. And she doesn't even know her dad is dead. Life is so hard and so fragile.
This is all coming in the midst of a series my youth pastor's doing called One Month To Live. As much as I've been thinking about how short life can be I never thought something would happen to make me face this fact. I never dreamed that two weeks into this series a friend of mine would be laid up in a hospital bed after almost dying.
It's really driven home the fact that the question "What would you do if this were your last day on earth?" isn't just a nice phrase to get you thinking. It's not just something people ask to get you to life right. It's serious. Sometimes, today is all we have. We're not invincible like so many people think they are. Our lives could end at any moment. I don't mean to be morbid, but it's what's on my heart. I forget way too much that I'm not in control of my life. Plan as I may, one act of Fate can change everything.
One thing that know is that in all this God is working. Even though this situation with my friend is crazy and awful I know God is right there in the midst of it. Even when we question "Why" he's still God, he's still there, and he's working in whatever is going on even if we can't see him.
The book of Ester is a great reminder of this. Ester went through so much. She lost her parents, was raised by a cousin, and was taken into the king's harem with our promise of being anything more than a concubine. However God had other plans. The she found favor with the king and was made queen. While she was queen, she got word of a plot of a mass killing of her people. Because of her station, she was able to save her people. Strangely, not one time in this book is God mentioned yet he is clearly present in every event that takes place.
This is such a comfort to me. To know that even when I can't see what's going on or what God intends to do, that he is always present even if we can't see or hear him.
Please join me in praying for my friend and her family. They have a long, rough road ahead of them.
2 comments:
Very well said, Micah.
Oh my God, it's such a sad and hard moment for you. I feel very sorry for you and your friend's family so I hope everything will be okay... If things don't go like you would like them to be, remember that God perfectly knows everything that He does and if He decides to take her with him too I think it's because He knows that it would be too much pain for everyone to keep her alive in too bad conditions.
I hope I helped.
Stay strong ♥
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