No Words

It is so true that life changes in an instant. We relish the fun instant changes...marriage proposal, job offer, positive pregnancy test...but we try not to think about the scary and sad ones. I was going about my own business this weekend out on a quick errand with my feverish daughter who had irritably proclaimed that she just wanted to get out of the house (I didn't know our house was so uncomfortable), when I got a blank text from a good friend. She is always doing something hilarious just to make me smile, so I giggled to myself and shoved my phone back in my pocket as I continued to fight the unruly mob at the Joanne's Fabric Store's Daffodil Dash, aka: 99cent pattern sale. Suddenly, my phone beeped again, and the text read, "Karen's husband died". This time I didn't giggle, I gasped loud enough to cause people in the mob to turn to me quickly, some even dropping their cherished patterns. I was in shock. I was dismayed. I felt completely helpless. My 36 year old friend had sent her 40 year old husband out to mow the grass, and he never came back inside. They have 3 small children, daughters: ages 6,4,2. I stayed home from church this morning with my sick kiddoes, but she was there. She went to praise the Lord and soak up His word while surrounding herself with friends and well-wishers and taking her daughters to a safe place--Sunday School.

Jeremiah 29:11, "...For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."