Saturday, October 24, 2009

Why?

It is impossible to have a child die from cancer and not be filled with the lingering question of "Why?"  Why God?  Why did he have to die?  Why did you take a child with so many gifts?  My child!  Joe was one of the most intelligent, handsome, athletic, loving, funny, HEALTHY people ever!  He was never sick!

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Why him?  Why us? 

Why God?

And the "whys" often lead to even harder questions: Why didn't I know he had cancer?  Why couldn't I see the signs?  Why didn't we take him to a different doctor?  Why couldn't I protect him?  Why couldn't he be healed of a cancer that is supposedly so curable?

Why God?  Why?  Why?  Why?

Why us?  Why HIM?  Why? 

I know it doesn't do any good to ask the questions.  And yet . . . the questions haunt.

But even tho I'll never know the answers to my questions, I do know--

MY REDEEMER LIVES:

3 comments:

Mrs. Deem said...

I just went through all your blog posts from 2007 and read, and read, and read. Thanks for sharing your life. Our Redeemer DOES live!

Sally- That Girl! said...

Everytime you post about your Joe, I think of mine and how I would not be able to function very well without him. I admire you so much for being able to trust God like you have. It can't be easy, but your faith is walking you through each day without him.

I think "Why?" is a very good question. I would be asking it too. God made us humans and gave us the ability of asking questions. It just may never be a question that we can have answered on this side of life.

Loving you in California!

stavin said...

YOU ARE MY HERO, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT!