.. a little baby.. loved from the moment of conception ( okay... once the Pregnancy test came back POSITIVE ) nurtured, cheered on, guided, prayed over, prayed for, loved and disciplined, as near to one's heart as can be...one day you celebrate her 24th Birthday, and the next evening she is steps away from a crazy maniac shooting at people in a Shopping Mall...
O Lord, what is man that you regard him,
or the son of man that you think of him?
Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow. (Psalm 144:3+4)
had a conversation with her the night before about life, inspired by a young man's testimony at church last week.. stating he had wonderful wife, 3 amazing children and a house and realized he was not going to spend the rest of their lives coasting and accumulating more things.. but rather wanted to live for the Lord and serve Him..
and there she was, 24 hours later confronted with how fragile life on earth is...
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. ( 1 Cor 15: 55-58)
as always, this amazing God of ours has already spoken to this, His Word, no surprise, has already addressed this... it is a no brainer... we are here to SERVE and bring GLORY to God..
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
( Matthew 6:19-21)
Thanking God today for sparing my Louisa and her friend.. Praying that she will fix her eyes on Jesus... He alone is what it is all about!
