Well, it's been a few weeks since I've posted anything so here goes. We're still cleaning up from the aftermath, but after seeing the destruction from the gulf coast, I have no right to complain. Our home did suffer some structural damage, and later this week I am going to have to crawl under the house and check the piers. A neighbor from down the street has a home close to the same age and size of ours. They had some significant damage to their piers so it's worth checking into before the insurance adjuster shows...if he ever does. Additionally, today a very dear friend was laid to rest. Growing up, he was like a little brother to me and less than a year ago he was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma - a very lethal form of cancer. Many might say he lost the fight however I beg to differ. His brother, my best friend, could not have said it better. "This disease may have knocked him down, but refused to stay that way. He kept getting back up." Jordan won this fight. He refused to give up; even to the end. He was 21 years old and leaves behind a wife and baby boy.
During the service Corbin looked at me and saw me crying. "Daddy, are you crying?" "Yes buddy, I am." "Why daddy?" "Well buddy, a very dear friend of mine has gone to heaven to be with Jesus and daddy's a little sad." Corbin then did the most thoughtful thing a 4-year old could do. He crawled in my lap and held me. It brings tears to my eyes even now, many hours later. This has made me question not my own mortality, but the mortality of those closest to me. It could happen in an instant. Cherish the moments in this life for they are fleeting.
God has a plan even when it seems unfair. God is still there even when we feel He is not. God is there-He never left us in the first place.
-blessings
