Heartpunch

On Tuesday morning, February 27, a woman left her home and started off to work. There was black ice on her road, and she lost control of her car and it spun around and went into a tree. She was killed instantly. Her husband is my professor and counselor. I never thought I could be in this much pain for someone else. It's probably still too close to the event to figure out why this hurts so much, but we are processing this as a group. I have experienced the death of someone close to me before, and I am preparing for a career as a grief and trauma counselor. I should not be such a stranger to this land, but God is taking me places where I have never been in grief, because He has expanded my capacity to love.

Good things will come of this horrible tragedy for myself and for more people than I will ever know. The funeral yesterday was an amazing testimony to the power of God in the midst of sudden death. A wonderful wife and mother was ripped from this world and it is so painful for those who loved her and love her husband to know that he and his family will have the searing pain of this extreme loss for a significant time to come. He knows that his beloved is presently and forever with the Lord Jesus, and that will be comfort food for his heart in these dark days. I pray that God will continue to bless him, and be near him in such a way so that he can feel the very presence of God. So many people need this Shepherd.