Reflections

Posted on November 22nd, 2004 by hanfaith.
Categories: General.

Today, while thinking of the death of Brad Arms I started thinking of all the people I have known who have passed on.

Emily: my kindergarten friend, killed in a car accident that year

Auntie Betty: elderly missionary lady we knew in Hawaii - she will always be remembered by me for saying “JOSEPH, remember the sweater rule!”

Mary Jane: a high school youth group friend. She died of heart failure. I only knew her for one year before she died. She was a passionate and loving person.

Joe and Bart: Joe was the head of the airport at College of the Ozarks in Missouri. He supervised and taught many of the flying classes as well. He was my boss. Bart was a fellow student and flight instructor. I remember vividly being at an exciting basketball game when everything stopped and the president of the school came out on the floor. He announced that the plane carrying two faculty members (who I did not know) and their wives, and flown by Joe and Bart had gone down not too far from the school coming in for a landing. I remember feeling like everything had dropped out underneath me. I remember one of Bart’s best friend, a cheerleader, collapsing on the floor. I remember the empty face of Bart’s fiance the next day when I saw her at the airport. And I remember trying to keep everything together, trying to answer the phones, trying to ward of reporters the next day while at the airport. And I remember crying when later that year, one of my best friends at the airport was awarded a scholarship in Joe’s name.

Then, comes the family members. I’ve lost my grandfather and grandma both in recent years. My grandma was an avid letter writer. I still have some of her letters written to me while I was at school away from family. She is very much missed.

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For me, it’s comforting to think that God is in control. God has a plan and is sovereign. In the words of one of my favorite Todd Fields song:

You are God, You are Life
I will worship You forever
You are God, You are Life
I will worship You forever

You knew me before I took my first breath, and you know the day that I will breathe my last
You’re the Alpha Omega, beginning and end
Forever to You I sing

You are God, You are Life
I will worship You forever
You are God, You are Life
I will worship You forever

Into your hands I commit my spirit
You’re the only one who satisfies my soul
You’re the Alpha Omega, beginning and end
Forever to You I sing

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