I got a bit of news yesterday that knocked the wind out of me. I was at work, and laughing and joking with some colleagues as we headed to the lunchroom. Then I got the message. I looked just like on TV when they get shocking news. My knees got weak and my heart got sick. I just had to sit down. Everything sounded muffled that wasn't right inside my head. My vision blurred. It was a complete shock.
The message was from my best friend of many, many years. Her daddy had passed away quietly in the night. He was not an old man. It seems far too soon.
I am going to use this little platform of mine to spread the word that this family, who is like family to me, needs to be covered with a veil of of prayer and love. They desperately need comfort. They know that he is, in his daughter's words, 'sold out to Christ' and is not going to feel any pain where he is. Meanwhile, we here on Earth have to learn to live in this world of which he is no longer a part. But, really, those of us who are 'sold out to Christ' are not really a part of this world either, and have a very real assurance of seeing our loved ones again.
I loved this man like a daddy too. His daughter and I have been friends since we were 13 years old. While in college, we took turns for several months living at my parents' house and living at her parents' house. Her mother calls us her 'Siamese twins, joined at the hip.' :) Then before each of us got married, we were roommates in our own house for three years. Twice, we worked at the same place. We had ups and downs, just like any family. And we were there for each other in times of great need. She was there during the terrifying days of Riley's big entrance into this world. I was with her the day her baby girl was born. This is THE time of greatest need. Please pray for my best friend and her family. Pray that God reminds them of His certainty during their time of uncertainty.
God Bless You All.
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