Precious Moments

A friend of mine, a very dear friend, said her marriage vows today.  I was unable to be there for the blessed event but my heart and prayers were there.

Another friend lost the love of her life to a a car accident caused by a random fool who decided to drive on the wrong side of the highway.

Another friend buried a best friend who was riding his motorcycle just as he had thousands of times before but this time, it was his last.

As a believer in an Almighty God, I am inclined to lean on the principle that nothing happens unless God deems it necessary for building you up.

Yesterday I got an email from one of my friends who was trying to explain recent events and he made an observation that without the death of something,  we wouldn't ever appreciate the life around us.  He ended it with "because of death, we have life"

Now he isn't a believer of Jesus but of course I was reminded of the Gospel. Jesus' death gives me life, life eternal.  In the death of a caterpillar comes the life of a butterfly.  In the death of our old selves, comes the opportunity to be a new being in Jesus Christ.

Sometimes I just can't wrap my head around who, what, when and why. In each of the moments that my friends experienced, there's something that needed to die for something to come alive.  Precious moments can be happy or sad, as long as we see the lessons, its always worth it.  My friend's wedding was not planned by any of us. Something inside her needed to die, it was her plans, her idols and when they did, God gave her life. A life only he could plan out so perfectly for His kingdom.

As for the other two, if it hasn't been revealed yet, it will be revealed in time.  Life will spring forth from the death.  My faithful God will show up, I know it.

If it wasn't for darkness,  we wouldn't know the need for light. If it weren't for winters,  we wouldn't know the need for heat/summer/the sun. If it weren't for sin, we wouldn't have known the greatest need of all, A SAVIOR.

In some mixed up yet straight forward way, God always makes his point.

Love God and the rest will follow!