"What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes."
James 4:14b
The Bible says it so well. Our lives are fleeting...momentary...transient. Sometimes, that is a great relief. After all, the trials and angst of this world are also fleeting! However, many times, the concept of this "mist" of life is a painful thing. Nothing brings that home harder than when a life is snuffed out way too early. Friday, just hours after burying her grandmother, a young woman I went to high school with (and friends of my family) and her husband of only one year and 5 months pulled over to the side of the NJ Turnpike. For reasons unknown right now, he got out of the car and tried to cross the interstate. A car travelling the same stretch of road hit and killed him instantly, as his young wife sat in the car watching. A mist. He was only 27. A vapor. What was already a painful time for her just turned infinitely more agonizing. And all we can do is watch (and pray!). Memories inadvertently come flooding back, as with any loss. The initial pain, the grief, the numbness, the denial. My heart grieves for what she has lost...her husband, her best friend. But I also grieve for the experiences she was robbed of...having babies with her true love, buying their first home, those memories she will never get to make.
Life is a mist. We must make the most of what we have, since we never know when our mist will vanish. And now I'm off to pray some more...and hug my babies extra tight.
Oh, Amy! I am so sorry. For your friends loss. One I know that I could never imagine going thru. I will lift her and her family up in prayers, but also you...Again I am so sorry!
ReplyDeleteWow! I'm so sorry!! What a painful experience to have to go through!! I will be praying for her strength..I too am off to hug my babies!!
ReplyDeleteI do not even have words to explain how I feel. What a sad, painful and devastating experience. I will keep your friend in my prayers and will be sure to count my blessings. Hugs to you. I am so sorry.
ReplyDeleteI, too, will pray for her... for comfort and peace. I cannot imagine...
ReplyDeleteWe have to appreciate what we have while we have it. I'm going to squeeze my babies tighter...
Thanks for sharing. Love and hugs to you and yours.
Wow....., I am so sorry Amy......... That is truly a tragic story to hear... I'll say the same as everyone else already has, and count my blessings, you never know what fate has in store and it can be gone in an instant.....
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