Blindsided...

The week hadn't been great, but I was getting by ok. I had gotten outside a bit, which makes life so much better. With warm weather and the sun out, I had become slightly more motivated and had finally begun to get more excited about things in my life. Monday night my wife and I went out and saw the band Cursive. We had such a great time and really just enjoyed the night. Yesterday I skipped class and bought the new Nick Cave album. Release days are so great for me. I literally mark my calendar for album release, so yesterday was great...

...then this morning my wife got a call. She sounded upset and told us that a friend of the family, a woman the same age as my parents, had died of cancer over the night. I knew she had been in poor health, so technically, It wasn't surprising. Still, I haven't had to deal with a whole lot of death and I still don't quite know what to make of it. I guess it's just that someone falls and keep going. It's jarring. That's all I can really say about it. I firmly believe there's something more, so it's not that part that bothers me. There has to be justice ultimately. Otherwise, why I am I getting up in the morning. This is where faith comes into play, and it's days like this that faith is tough.

Of every earthly plan that be known to man, He is unconcerned,
He's got plans of His own to set up His throne.
When He returns.