GETTING THROUGH TRAGEDY

My family has been struck by a horrible tragedy. It still seems so unreal that it is hard to wrap my head and my heart around it. I can see the pain it has caused in the faces around me and I look in the mirror and see shock looking back. I don’t understand the reasons why this had to happen and I’m sure I never will but I will not get angry at God. I will lean on Him and pray for peace. Peace for my family and peace for the community. I also pray for this to open the hearts of those young people that need You, Lord. I have no doubt that You can reach them through this.

My cousins found their 14 year old son in his room with a gun shot wound to the head on Tuesday night. They had all gone to their rooms to go to bed and heard a loud noise and ran into his room. What they found will be emblazoned in their memory forever. I cannot image that being the last thing they saw of their son.

I love this family so much and I would take this away in a heartbeat but unfortunately I can’t do that so I pray for the Lord to erase that from their everyday mind. I pray that He restores all of the wonderful memories they have.

I pray for strength to get through the next few weeks, one day at a time… one minute at a time if necessary. I pray for a peace that can only come from our Heavenly Father.

I pray that this will bring them closer as a couple and not tear them apart. I pray that I can do and say what God would want me to do or say to help them in any way possible.

I pray for my other cousin that helped clean up the house. I pray that he find peace through Jesus Christ. I pray that the Lord dull his memories of what he saw and give him what he needs to get through this.

I pray that many will be reached for the Lord during the celebration service today. I pray that this tragedy didn’t happen in vain and that some good can come out of it.

Please do not take anything for granted!! Hug your babies, your spouses, your family. Tell them that you love them and that they are so important to you. Remind them that God put them in your life for a reason.

Find comfort in God the Father. There is no reason to look else where. He is the Ultimate Healer and Comforter.

This has been one of the hardest weeks of my life but I know that the Lord is carrying me. I pray that I can be a beacon of light to them. I am so thankful that God said in the Bible “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” Matthew 5:4.

Go fly high Gauge!! Love you!!