"The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD." Job 1:21
The past couple of weeks have been characteristic of these verses of Scripture. At the beginning of the month, Micah's uncle, Bob Henderson, passed away after fighting for a while with kidney problems. Micah's mother Donna has a sister named Betty June. Betty June was Bob's wife of almost 61 years.
Last Thursday, August 19th, Micah's Grandmother, "Granny", Mary Alice Yaun, passed away peacefully early in the morning. She was buried on her 91st birthday. Granny was Micah's father's mother.
We can rest in both of these deaths because we know that they both are rejoicing with Jesus even now as I write these words. But while they are rejoicing, we are still here on earth. The reality of life and death has been impressed upon us in the last few weeks. Time is so short. Life is but a breath. Yet we still wait. We wait for our visa to come in, and we wait for our ultimate home. Waiting. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Let these words encourage your heart.
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal;a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh;a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose;a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew;a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate;a time for war, and a time for peace." Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
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