Tuesday
I really don’t know what to say – how to write these words – articulate the pain. Last night I got a call from David to say his friend Kathryn had committed suicide. We immediately got in the car and went around to spend some time with him. He had seen her just ten days before. He had sat in her lounge and chatted with her, asked how she was. Was she coping? How were things? He ventured towards some issues he knew she had been dealing with. She steered the conversation away from them, saying she was fine. She appeared so. She sounded so. In fact, she sounded better than David had heard in a long time. He left her, saying he would contact her again in a couple of weeks. She messaged him, wanting to give him some classical music. She wanted to drop it off. He said he would visit her this coming Friday. He would do his thing with the kids in Ocean View and afterwards he would visit her and get the music then. She accepted that.
And then he heard she was missing… a heartbreaking message from her father…
And then a short time later, an even more distressing message…
News broke that her body had been found. Today Kathryn’s sister Emma posted this….
David had accompanied her with her music a number of times. Kathryn and Emma’s Mom, Michael’s wife Julia passed away more than a year ago and Kathryn really struggled to come to terms with it. Today, she is with her Mom.
We don’t understand it when these things happen. But there are no surprises with God. He knew what was going on in Kathryn’s mind and in her heart. He knew what she would do and He was with her when she did it. And now she is with Him.
But it is devastating for those who are left behind. So we mourn with those who mourn. We also know it is not about now. Eternity lies ahead that is far longer and more powerful, more joyful, more worthwhile than we would ever imagine this side of eternity. Despite the pain of this situation, the best is yet to come.
Ephesians 3:12
Because of Christ and our faith in Him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.
These are the days.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂
Gym:
Rest day.
Braces:
Day 259