Some days have a way of putting everything in perspective.
I was trying to pull everything together for Buzz 07 today when I got a call from our babysitter telling me she'd been in an accident with our minivan. Gratefully, no one was injured. Just a fender bender. And the kids actually enjoyed it. But I spent about an hour making the insurance claim. No fun!
Then I got the kind of news that makes everything else seem insignificant. A staff member found out their younger brother died. My head was spinning and my heart was hurting the rest of the day. Such a shock and so sad. It is tough to think about anything else when something like that happens! I felt so helpless. I felt a little like Job's friends who just sat with Job for seven days without saying anything when they saw his grief. Honestly, you don't really know what to say. All you can do is ask God for help. But even when nothing makes sense you have to remind yourself that God is still God. And He is good and gracious and sovereign.
I think these are the kinds of days where you're glad there is night. It allows you to go to sleep and start over again. Tomorrow. Such a hopeful and healing word.
I was trying to pull everything together for Buzz 07 today when I got a call from our babysitter telling me she'd been in an accident with our minivan. Gratefully, no one was injured. Just a fender bender. And the kids actually enjoyed it. But I spent about an hour making the insurance claim. No fun!
Then I got the kind of news that makes everything else seem insignificant. A staff member found out their younger brother died. My head was spinning and my heart was hurting the rest of the day. Such a shock and so sad. It is tough to think about anything else when something like that happens! I felt so helpless. I felt a little like Job's friends who just sat with Job for seven days without saying anything when they saw his grief. Honestly, you don't really know what to say. All you can do is ask God for help. But even when nothing makes sense you have to remind yourself that God is still God. And He is good and gracious and sovereign.
I think these are the kinds of days where you're glad there is night. It allows you to go to sleep and start over again. Tomorrow. Such a hopeful and healing word.
5 Comments:
Wow. I am praying with you.
I'll be praying for you Mark, as well as your whole staff.
We'll be praying for you, your staff member, and your staff today in the days to come.
Thanks for sharing this.
in the hurried rush of days, something like this truly does put everything into perspective. and it truly does make you speechless. you know, sometimes the best thing you can do..is just be there...no words needed, just a physical and spiritual presence.
my thoughts and prayers are with you and the staff, and the family of that staff member.
In Chinese, the word for tomorrow is 明天(ming tian), which literally means "bright day."
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