This past week we have been living in the reality that just one phone call could really change your life-- something that we often forget. I know we've all been there at one time or another- in some cases it is a phone call we are expecting, while at other times it takes you completely off guard. In the last week, we've had a few of these moments. It began with a phone call about the death of someone I knew- someone who just a few days prior, was full of life and living it to the fullest. A beautiful young mother of two teen girls who had now left behind a wonderful husband and her two daughters. Just a few days before she had been working and life was as normal, but in only a few hours everything changed. Her story shocked everyone who knew her and wonderful Christian friends and families rallied around her and her precious family lifting up their situation to the Divine healer, asking for a miracle. She was healed, but not in the way we all would have wished.
Several days later, we learned that another acquaintance had lost her father in a tragic accident when he was hit by a drunk driver. The stories and photos shared on Facebook were beautiful reflecting the memories of a wonderful father to twelve children and a faithful husband who had supported his family and wife during her battle with cancer just several years prior. It was hard to understand how in just a few short days, two stories of tragedy and great loss had affected the lives of hundreds. Truly- one phone call can change everything.
Then it was our turn. Today, Nate and I received a phone call that at the moment it first happened, we weren't sure how to process it; yet we knew it was a call that could change our lives forever, potentially. There were feelings of surprise and shock, many thoughts flooding through our minds-- there are just some things that you can't quite process fully in the moment and this was one of those moments.
I can tell you now that this call turned out to be a false alarm and everything went back to life as normal-- well, sort of. You see, when life faces us with moments like these, the truth is, we will never fully go back to life as normal. We are forced to look away from the circumstances and look up to reflect on God's sovereignty, His will, and His divine timing and working in our lives. We must remember that our lives are unscripted and we must continue to let Him write our story, in whatever way He sees best at the time, even in the times that do not fully make sense to us.
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