...A TIME TO MOURN...

Yesterday a parent's worst nightmare came true when Bailey Highfill collapsed and died at the school playground. Read about it here. Norm heard about it on the radio and for a second got that sinking feeling that it could be Daniel, but then he thought no, they said a first grader. Still...our hearts and prayers go out to the family of this little girl. Today when I dropped Daniel off the swings were wound up and some yellow ribbons and teddy bears were tied to the fence. I hope they make that area into a garden and move the swings. I cannot help but weep for the loss. I cannot imagine it since the pain and loss would be so very deep. I go to God's Word for comfort:

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

1All things have their season: and in their times all things pass under heaven.

2A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.

3A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build.

4A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.

5A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embrace.

6A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.

7A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

8A time to love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.