On Saturday, as we were celebrating the OSU victory, my sister in law received a phone call that would change her life forever. Her 25 year old brother (who has a baby on the way) was in a major accident. After two life flights, and 6 specialists, they told Sandra's family he has a zero percent chance of living. He is brain dead.
I consider myself a person of strong faith..heck my husband almost died last year and I knew I had to put everything in God's hands. I hear people say, God allows us to experience rain once in a while so we can appreciate the sun. Sometimes I think I have experienced a few thunderstorms when it comes to death and my family. I am really struggling with this particular "death." Someone whom is 25 years old..really just a kid himself, happily married to the love of his life, excited to become a father for the first time, gone from our earth to head home. It's hard to understand, although I have read the bible and understand death..or at least I thought I understood death. I guess it's time to really take a look at my own faith, and put life into perspective again.
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I'm so sorry for you and your family. So sorry for everyone that will lose this brother, husband, father, friend at such a young age. I think that the hardest part of mortality sometimes is not knowing "why"...having to live by faith in the bigger plan that we don't see and don't always understand.
I know that you have a lot of faith and that your trust is in the right place. I think that this is one of those times that Christ was talking about when he said "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest...and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." Matt 11:28-30
Our sorrows and burdens are made lighter when we trust in the Lord. We will be praying for your family. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help!
I am so sorry to hear that. How horrible! I have to agree with what allison said. I think death, at an early age, can be one of the hardest things to deal with during our lives. I have complete faith that our Savior, Jesus Christ, knows every pain, every affliction, every sorrow, and he knows just how to succor us if we turn to him.
At times like this, I think it's comforting to remember that we have a loving, all knowing father in heaven. He knew us before we came to this earth and he knows what great things we will do after this life. Sometimes it's hard for us to understand why things happen the way they do because we don't have the eternal perspective that our Father in Heaven has. He knows which life experiences we need to fulfill our eternal purposes. That certainly doesn't take away the ache in the hearts of those left mourning the lost one, but we can take solace in knowing that we can once again enjoy those relationships with our loved ones and friends, if we endure in righteousness.
We will keep you and your family in our prayers!
Oh, Stacy. I am so sorry. I echo what Allison and Sarah have already said. It is so hard. I believe we really do keep living on after death. This time we have on earth seems so long when we are waiting to be with that someone again. But I am sure your sister-in-law and her husband will be reunited again.
Again, I am so, so sorry to hear it and I will be praying for your family through such a very difficult time.
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