Life is precious and fragile. I've always known this. Sometimes, when I get close enough to Gracie to hear her heartbeat, I'm reminded of that very first time I heard it when she was a tiny 6 week old embryo. It thrills me. I think, life is flowing through her. God is sustaining her. This is a miracle!
Last week, these thoughts came to me again because I lost a friend to cancer. On Monday, we were praying for her to recover from what doctors thought was a bad sinus infection. She was feeling really poorly, and couldn't make it to our Bible Study. On Wednesday she was hospitalized because her husband found her unresponsive when he came home. On Thursday morning she was diagnosed with Acute Leukemia. At 6:30 that night, she crossed over to eternity. All of us who had to joy of knowing her, have been heartbroken at the suddenness of her passing. But, we know she is basking in God's presence and is gloriously healed.
Today....
I am more grateful for each new day.
I am more prone to hug my little girl and husband a little longer than I would have a week ago.
I am more appreciative for the times God has spared my life and the lives of those I love.
I am more thankful that God's presence sustains me even when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I will fear no evil~for Thou art with me. Psalm 23
I'm so sorry for your loss. I can't even imagine what it would feel like to lose someone so suddenly to illness like that. :(
ReplyDeleteIt is so hard to lose someone suddenly like that! It really teaches you not to take anyone for granted. So sorry for your loss!
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ReplyDeleteNever take a day for granted. Life IS precious and fragile.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear this news.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your loss, Krisa. Grateful that she knew the Lord and is now sitting with him in eternity! Loss always reminds me to have an eternal perspective, knowing our time here is so short!! Hope all is well with you and your pregnancy, my friend : )
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