Sunday, November 22, 2009
Saying goodbye....
An angel flew away today back into the heavens to our Father. An angel so sweet, caring and loving that all lives she touched glowed with something indescribable, something pure and joyous. All that knew her, whether it was her closest friends and family, or those who shared conversations with her at church or school, understand what I am saying. The heavens are shedding tears as the rain patters steadily outside just as we are mourning the loss of someone truly special and beautiful. Although we may never understand the reason why, it is easy to throw up our defence and spin denial, anger, confusion , The concept that life is unfair seems to be proven in such times, as how is it that I may be here typing this whilst she.... How can someone so good be taken away? And so easily....Though we take comfort she is smiling that same contagious smile up in heaven. I remember just last week she was teasing me and a friend to come to choir more often.
It’s amazing how such a small frame of time can change your life, your perception on everything you thought you knew. How witnessing such a shocking thing can make you appreciate what you have – your family, friends, health, home, love, a future, chances and simply life itself - as well as reassess what you believe you need or want. Seeing all those people today, despite the language barrier, congregating together and praying for her and her family, it made me realize just how special she was, how much she meant to each and every one of us and how she was able to make us feel blessed by merely knowing her.
Such a soul is a rare thing to find in this world, and I feel blessed to have known her, and so at the same time, it pains me to that I will never see her again, never hear her speak, see her play around and tease the little ones at church, never see her smile again. But my loss is so seemingly miniscule compared to what her parents and family, and closest friends are going through, and so I pray for them that they might find strength, hope, courage and salvation in the Lord. It was, it IS after all, her deepest wish.
But as this angel unfitting in our ugly world has been called back to His side, I hope that her dream of spreading God’s word will live on inside of us.
We will always remember you. We will always love you. We will always miss you.
