Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from June, 2020

On What Matters

Last night I learned that one of my high school classmates overdosed, and although initially the news didn't hit me hard, today, I am reminded of how short life is, and how in a moment, our worlds can be turned on their axes. In a moment, a baby girl has been left without a Mama, and a young girl who is wise beyond her years now has to navigate life without her Mom who was her safe place, a devoted husband is left to pick up the pieces of a life cut too short so unnecessarily. Heartbroken and weary, I ask, "Why Lord?" I take comfort in knowing that she knew Jesus. Though we may not have talked in almost 15 years, I grieve with her family and her closest friends who must begin without her this side of Heaven. Life is so short in the grand scheme of things. Let's live it to the fullest, let's spread love, let's talk about Jesus, let's truly live for others, let's laugh, let's listen, let's carry each other in our darkest hours, and let's appr...