Memorial day is coming up and even though I don't have any family or friends who have died for our country to remember, it doesn't stop me from remembering a few close friends who have died recently. I think about death a lot because of the people I've lost and I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing. I think it'd be a good thing to remember these people because they were with me once and I loved having them around. I know it could be a bad thing though because I think about death and dying a lot and I know that it's not a healthy thing to always think about.
The person I think about most is a friend I lost in October 2008. Nicole wasn't my best friend and probably wasn't even one of my good friends but we got along. When she died, I couldn't stop thinking about how she died and how young she was. I know a lot of people were thinking "How could God take her away at such a young age?" I think that's a fair question to ask when you're in mourning, but I don't think it's right to question God. I personally don't think God has a set plan for the death of anybody. I think that if something happens, like a car wreck, he just lets it happen. He doesn't want death for anybody so why would he plan a death or plan a date for someone to die?
Tonight, Matthew and I are taking the kids from the Youth Group out to a cemetery to put flags out for the Veterans. It will be a hard evening for me because my mind always wanders and I always think about what Nicole, and everyone else, looks like right now. I hate it. But the good news is that she's up in Heaven with her mom right now and she couldn't be more happy!
I'm going to try to put a Bible Verse in all of my blogs because God's Word is important and I think the Bible is what keeps people going day to day.
Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God"
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