Sometimes it's hard to understand why, and then, who am I to question God and what He's doing? He knows the plans He has for us. Plans to give us hope and a future. He is in control and we must surrender our lives to Him and allow His perfect plan to be revealed in our lives. I have found it difficult to understand the death of Missy Gray whom I read about in the TOS magazine this Spring, and then again to hear about the passing of another Home Educating blogger this past November. Just last night in our tiny town, a family from Colorado was passing through, a Pastor, his wife and their seven children, when they went off the road and down a steep embankment. Tragically, the woman was killed in the accident and everyone else survived. Four days before Christmas and this family must deal with such a horrific and unexpected loss. I have found this to be a time to search myself...do I love enough? do I say it enough? Was I affectionate today? Did I live my day like it was my last? I guess it brings me to this realization...why are we here? To worship the God of Israel...My Jesus. We are here for a purpose and if we surrender our lives completely to Christ then our purpose will be revealed and lived out.

    I guess we all have that desire to live forever, but I do believe that God placed that in all of us because we can...

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son and whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16