Sadness

The end of this week has been a sad one for my family. Yesterday evening I was informed that my uncle David (my mom's brother) suffered a heart attack and passed away. This news was shocking to our family and has brought about great sadness and mourning yesterday and today. Please be in prayer for us. He was a devoted son, brother and uncle and he will be greatly missed. He called my grandmother every night to check on her and always took care of her in any way he could. He died in the Ouchita Mountains of Arkansas in the forest, the place he wanted to be when he died. He was 46.

Death is such a hard thing to deal with and to fathom when it hits close to home, especially when it is so sudden. It's amazing how our day can change so dramatically in an instant. Many tears are being shed on his behalf and I have been witnessing firsthand the purpose of the church. There has been endless phone calls, prayers, visitors and food that have been supplied by people from my grandmother's church in Columbus. It is amazing how God works when people are in need.

My mom and grandmother have asked that I speak at his funeral. I know this will not be easy, but I pray that God will speak through me.

The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. May the name of the Lord be praised. - Job 1:21

David, we miss you and we love you.