In a Blink of an Eye

6/17/2016

In A Blink of an Eye

            “Tragic, makes us all hug our little ones tighter.  Our lives could change in a blink of an eye” was a comment that I read regarding the recent event in Orlando.  My niece answered with “the other night was really the first night that I was perfectly fine with dealing with a crying baby in the middle of the night.  I mean you deal with it.”  We know what you mean Anna.  God blessed you with a precious little one for you and Jason to love and care for.  Being a parent involves ups and downs as everyone knows.  Just living whether a parent or not involves being thankful for your own blessings.  When I read Anna’s comment I thought of Pat’s snoring.  He was in the recliner snoring away while watching HGTV House Hunters.  I may lose him in a blink of an eye.  I need to appreciate that sound just like moms do with their crying babies.  Notice I said MOMS, I still feel that dads and grandfathers just can’t deal with that sound.

            Children are to live longer than their parents.  Parents should not have to attend a funeral of their child, or grandparents of their grandchildren.  We are to celebrate their birthdays and wedding days.  So why does God take a little one so early?  Or we may ask ourselves, why does bad stuff happen to good people?  First thing is we cannot blame God.  He is the one who makes us and then takes our life according to His plan.  We are born as a sinner.  We do not need to teach our children to lie or disobey.  They are born sinners along with their parents.  Just as God has a plan for our lives, He has one for us humans.  He sent His son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for all our sins and then rose from the dead; His grace through our faith is that plan. 

            I discussed this event of the loss of this 2 year with a couple of friends from church Wednesday night.  One friend worked with the mom at UP until she quit to be a stay at home mom.  Mike and another friend Erica are neighbors to this family.  Erica and her daughter organized a fund raiser called Lemonade for Lane that we are currently watching on our local news today.  Erica understands what it is like to lose a child.  Last Sunday I was praying for her after reading her Facebook post that read, Today marks 9 years that we held our sweet baby in our arms for the last time here on earth.  I still remember that funeral.  It was sad time, but the Lord was praised and Christ’s love was shared by Erica and Cory.  They will see Anessa Lee in Heaven because they believe that Jesus died on the cross for their sins and will live in eternity with their Anessa Lee.  We need to pray for the Graves family as they go through this tragedy.  I am also praying that sometime in the future these friends of mine who are neighbors will be able to share the gospel of grace through faith to the Graves family. 

            We- adults are not sent to Hell because of our sins.  We are not sent to Heaven because of our good works, church we attend, Baptism, Last Rights, or anything else that man thinks up.  I believe what the Bible says on the subject.  Up until 1995 I thought that I might go to heaven because I was a good Catholic girl who may have become a nun according to my mom.  I started to read the Bible and wow I was going to Hell/Lake of Fire because I was trusting on the above things, and not what God’s Word says.  Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved, through faith and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

            We could lose a loved one in the blink of an eye.  That is why parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends etc.  must pray daily for safety of our little ones as they live in this world.  For our older ones we pray that they follow what the Bible says vs what the world says.  Satan wants to take control of their lives and ours by destroying families.  Protect our families with His Word, hug our loved ones, count and be thankful for our blessings like crying babies and snoring husbands or wives (I have never heard myself snore.)