Life Goes On

I felt a little guilty bowling in the church league last night. 


Earlier in the day, while I was letting the dog out for her morning ritual, I heard a lot of sirens. As I stood listening on the deck, I could hear the blare abruptly stop, telling me the accident was close by. Sure enough, as I drove over the highway, on my way to my coffee date, I glanced down onto the freeway and saw chaos below. It looked like multiple cars were involved and traffic flow going North was completely shut down. My first thought was, "I hope it is no one I know", but then I chided myself, realizing it could be anyone, given the road is a major thoroughfare for this part of the country.


Turns out I did know the driver who caused the wreck.  She was the older sister of a close friend of my daughter's. Unfortunately, she and another woman died in the accident.  Now, four young children will grow up without their mother. A man without his wife.  At the time of this writing, one young girl still clings to life but certainly will have some complications if she lives. One young man lost his 25 year old bride. Lives are now changed forever.


How would I feel if I suddenly lost my child or spouse?  I would want just a little bit of everyone else's world to stop just as mine had stopped for me. A pause in the beat. I would want their normal to change.


Like I said, I felt a little guilty bowling last night.


Psalm 139:14-17   ¹⁴I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. ¹⁵My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; ¹⁶Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.  ¹⁷How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!