A Tough Loss

What a weekend. I am really at a loss of words to say. A good friend from college and a fellow pastor lost his wife this weekend in a car accident. Not much older than my wife. They had just celebrated the birth of their first child in august and this after having a failed pregnancy in the past. This whole ordeal is unbelievably tough to bear. My heart shatters for my friend and I cannot imagine the pain he is enduring. One may wonder where is the hope that we as believers have in moments such as this? When words fail and tears are dried. When humanity and divinity collide, where do we hope? Our hope is in the only rock we can trust: Jesus Christ. For my friend, he is facing a mountain of sorrow, uncertainty, and pain that I cannot comprehend. yet, through it all, we are reminded of the greatness of God and how his glory is revealed even in moments such as these. We ask why, we mourn, we sit in silence, yet through it all we rejoice. Why? For my friend’s wife, she had placed her hope in Christ. She now sits before the throne of God worshipping her creator and Lord. She is free from pain and her faith has been turned to sight. Hope, though tested by fire and ravaged by sorrow, will stand if it is palced in the source  of real, authentic hope.  As God has taken away that which meant the world to my friend, I believe that He will experience the presence of His Redeemer more significantly than at any other time in his life. A tough, earth shattering loss is unbearable but in this tragedy stands a savior who does what is impossible: he gives hope. Do you have this hope? Are you ready to stand before God? Please, let me know if you want to talk of this great hope.