Tragedy struck my family in March when my sister got in a horse riding accident that she is just now recovering from. Tragedy came again on Thursday when that same sweet horse caught her leg in the fence and had to be put down, again devastating my dearest sister. And tragedy struck us again yesterday when we found out that our friends, the Larsons who are living with us got a job in Tennessee and will be moving very soon. Too soon. But isn't that how tragedy is? Always too soon. "If I only had 5 more minutes I could have saved his life." "If only we had known about the cancer a month ago." "If..." Tragedy is always filled with regrets. If I had looked out the window sooner the horse wouldn't have died.
But, there is a silver-lining in the tragedies of life. We have a good, loving Father God who redeems everything. Through my sister's injury she has been molded into a more patient, less self-seeking young woman. Through these last few months I've learned a lot about loving people better. Learning to be okay with change and sharing "my space" and roll with the punches. Learning how to stand by other people when they need to lean on you most.
Even more we are praising God for Mr. Larson's job, thanking him for the time we have gotten to spend with our dear friends, and I am even more grateful that it was the horse instead of my sister that had to go home.
Life is short and life is very fragile.
1 Peter1:6-7
In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise,
glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
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