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The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save.  He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.  Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)

This week I feel like I've had the wind sucked right out of me.  Even though I've experienced just how precious and short life can be (through my own mother's death at the age of 52), the realization has come to the forefront again.  It turns out that hubby knew one of the victims of the sugar refinery explosion that occurred in Georgia at the beginning of the month.  I didn't *know* him really, but knew who he was.  Sadly, no one in hubby's family let him know this young man had passed away but hubby had a bad feeling overcome him earlier this week and sure enough we found the devastating news online.  It appears that this young man had turned his life around from the one I associated him with and had come to know the Lord ... for that I greatly rejoice!  My heart goes out to those he left behind.  So often ... all too often ... we go through life without regard to just how fragile and precious it is.  I am thankful for all those who have graced and touched my life with their love and laughter.