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For 17 months following the death of my parents, I blogged. This blog is threaded with vulnerability, faith, fear and peace. This blog isn't "pretty" or politically correct; It isn't exciting or amusing. It is raw. It is the journey of me, as a Christian, giving myself the grace to grieve; the grace to be human in the midst of the greatest trauma of my life. Though I wish this pain on no one, I hope that through my words you may find words of your own; that through my voice you may find a voice to your own hurt that leads you closer to Christ.

Why?

3/29/2017

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Ever since Mom died I’d asked God why? I’d become enamored with understanding the fullness of what I was facing. I prayed, they died. I longed for them, they seemed so far away. Yet, within the two months after Dad passed, there was a shift in my thinking. Suddenly, there was a shift in the core of my why. Instead of focusing on why my parents died, I started focusing on why God kept me through it all. There are people who literally “lose it” after the death of one parent. Yet there I was facing the loss of two parents in such a short period of time and I was still functioning; I was still believing.
 
It was in exploring the why of my provision that I began embracing the truth that God had a greater plan and purpose for my life. The way I see it, if God kept me through this tragedy, surely, He has a greater plan and purpose for my life.  I could spend the rest of my life asking God why He took my parents, but how much more encouraging is it to ask why he is keeping me. Surely God has something up His sleeve. If God didn’t have a plan for me, they would have buried me right next to my parents. However, since God still has a plan for my life, I couldn’t die even at the most vulnerable time of my life...and neither can you.
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