It has been a sad couple of days. After finding out that Kobe and his daughter were killed along with others, my heart broke. I kept thinking about seeing them at the Laker's game a couple of weeks ago. He looked so happy and she was so beautiful. I decided to write this so that my emotions can be on paper and they are not bottled up in my heart. I decided to shared my thoughts in hopes that I may help those who are feeling like I am. Grief. Sadness. Heartache. All of these emotions are normal when we hear of death. I can begin to ask God why did this have to happen to someone who was so young. His daughter was only 13 years old and had so much life ahead of her. His wife is left to raise her daughters. I imagined last night how she must have felt going to bed that night after saying goodbye to him that morning. I can imagine how many others who have lost loved ones are not only grieving this, but are reliving their own grief. I want to encourage you to acknowledge the hurt, the sadness. Allow yourself to go through the pain and not pretend that it is not there. Don't avoid it because it will come out in some form or another one. One thing I was reminded of yesterday is that we will all die. That is a guarantee. I will say this again. If you are reading my post and breathing, one day that breath is going to be taken away and you will be no more. Psalm 104:29-30 says, "When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth."
This passage says, when the Lord decides to take away our breath we die and return back to dust. From dust we came and to dust we will return. This is a reality that I have been pondering for years and also avoiding. All of us want to think that we will live for ever, but when we have someone close to us die or someone that we admire dies, it shakes us and causes us to think about our own immortality. Kobe lived an amazing life. He lived the dream he always dreamed. His daughter lived an amazing life too, but it was cut short. We don't have the chance to know what she could have become. But in all of this, I believe God has a plan. God wants us to realize how short our individual time is on earth and to make the most of every opportunity. How are you living your life? Are you watching it waste away or are you following the path laid out before you? Are you living in fear, afraid to step out on you dreams or are you living in faith? When someone dies, it leads me to ponder what am I doing with this life, the only life I have to live. I don't know when God is going to decide my time is up and put me to sleep. I don't know. No one knows their individual times, but with this time you have, what are you going to do with it? How can you use your life to impact others to do positive things with their lives? These are the questions I ask myself and I plan to live a life of great impact that draws others to Christ. This is my dream. I don't want to waste it. Please don't waste your life. Please understand how priceless you are and how cherished you are and live the best life possible, all for the glory of God. I will end with this: Ecclesiastes 3:1-4 "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heave: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.
Now is a time to weep and to mourn. My heart and my prayers are with all of you who are hurting and with all of the families who were killed in this crash. May God comfort you all and may you be surrounded by His love.
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