Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Life

LIFE - that's a philosophical topic if ever there was one.  A couple of incidents this week reminded me of the fragility of life.

The wife of a person at church passed away suddenly and unexpectedly.  They had only been married for a few years.  I can only imagine what her daughter is going through, however, I can see how God is watching over her by having provided a step-father to take care of her.

Last night, I once again accidentally locked myself out when I took out the trash.  I was even trying to be careful not to lock myself out; but, it happened anyway.  And to top it off, it was cold and rainy.  It pointed out to me, that sometimes, no matter how hard we try, we can still fail; and so, we always need God in our lives.  I also had to once again remind myself not to "beat myself up too much", and hope that incidents like this just help me to be more compassionate towards others when they "make mistakes".   Also, I wonder if I was meant to go through this to learn about my neighbor's stroke.  When I went over to my other neighbor to make a phone call, they told me our other neighbor had a stroke over Thanksgiving.   Having learned this puts her on my heart to be praying for her.

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