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What do you do...
when you're meeting with a mom that just lost her 23 year old son and you are doing his funeral tomorrow? I meet with her in 40 minutes. He was going over 100 mph on the freeway when he lost control.
God, give me the ability to see this mom the way you do and to treat this situation the way you would. Pray for this family.
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Hard. I lost one of my three brothers this way ........ drove into a tree at the intersection near Jurupa and Palm. (Beverly Ct).
I was there when they told my dad - a big strong man falling to his knees on the driveway in tears.
I still this picture in my mind's eye .... has it been 15 or 20 years?
I am sure that this is one of those times that you wonder why you went into pastoring for a living. It is for the living, though, not for those who are dead. I read a book after my brother died that talked about death "being a friend you have not yet met". It was written by someone who had lost a son tragically, and she was writing about how when she got to heaven she would be able to see her son there and praise God with him for the gift of eternal life. Somehow this made me feel better about my brother. I don't know if that helps you at all. Rather trite, actually. I should have just said that I would pray.
I'm praying for you.
He was a saint in a way. Brought joy and life to a mother's world. If he was here to do just that, for the time God wanted him here, it was not a wasted time. Sending a prayer her way as today it seems is the funeral.
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