Many people know us as the women with many sisters and not much
about my brother. Let's be honest, it’s hard to get attention when you have five
women with you! LOL We love our brother and he was an amazing person. He
recently passed at the age of 30. We can't lie, we were confused. We never
wanted to question God and why He will let this happen because we know God was
in control. However, we were hurt and lost. All we could think about was there
has to be more to life. My brother died and the world didn't stop even though
our hearts almost did. We left work early that day and guess what? The work was
going to get done whether we were there or not. Our little sister left school,
but guess what? The teacher was going to keep teaching. Nothing in this world
changed, nothing stopped, even though we felt like it should have.
I was in DC getting ready to travel home to Chicago for the wake and the funeral. I cried a few times since I found out about my brother, but I had not mourned yet. I was going on with my life because I was not ready to deal with the pain. I wasn't ready because that meant I would have to talk to God about it. I was not ready for that. The day of the wake I was scared because that meant this was the day it would become real to me. I was not ready for that either. On the day of the wake, I just couldn’t look at my brother. My dad had to walk me up to the casket and tell me to look at him. He said, "Baby, you need to mourn now so tomorrow you can be strong for others." I was already crying, but when I finally look at my brother it was like my knees were not holding me up anymore. It was my father. I was confused, hurt, and I just didn't understand. He was only 30? Why now? Did he live out his purpose? Was this the life God wanted for him? All these questions were running through my mind, but I forgot what was important. Shortly after crying in my father's arms, he said, "Baby, remember God keeps His promises." Right then, at that very moment, a peace came over me. My heart beat slowed down, my tears of sorrow became tears of joy, and I started to smile. All I could think about was that I serve a faithful God and He does keep His promises. I knew that my brother was living a better life right now and I would see him again one day. That's a joy that no one could ever take from me.
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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our
troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we
ourselves receive from God. (2 Corinthians 1:3-5)
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This is absolutely true!!! So glad that your story could be used to bring another peace! Everything happens for a reason! It can be so hard to realize that we are not living this life for ourselves! And yes, we are going to have these emotions of grief, pain, sadness. But our God is there to bring us that peace. Amen!
ReplyDeleteAmen. Thank you for your comment!
DeleteSo true...the peace of God surpasses all understanding. I experienced the same thing when my mother passed away. Thanks for sharing. You guys are so cool btw lol
ReplyDeleteLOL thank you!
DeleteYour post brought tears to my eyes as I was thinking of a friend who recently died...much sooner than he should have. It's hard for me to understand why God would allow his death to happen, but I know that God will bring glory to the situation.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your heart.
Yes, this was a really hard post to right but even when I was writing it he gave me that same peace. Our prayers are with you as well!
DeleteOh, I just wanted to add that I am working on the Inspirational Monday questions. I haven't forgotten! :) I've just been very busy with studying for finals. I'll try to e-mail my answers in a few days.
ReplyDeleteSounds good!
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