Isaiah 6:1
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord…
Times of sudden tragic loss, seem pointless and painful.
Death is not something we humans were designed for. That’s why it bothers us so much. Death came with sin, a result of the Fall after Adam sinned. It is a foreign enigma that we all face far too often.
My instinctive response is futility, darkness, and often, anger.
I need the reminder that it is in precisely such times that:
-the veil is pulled aside and we glimpse the sovereign, holy God.
-we tend to hear His call to stand up and fill the gap.
Today I’m pondering both the tragedy of 9/11 and the tragic events of yesterday.
We lost several thousand Americans in 2001, and yesterday, we lost an outspoken Christian who was a husband, a father, an articulate patriot.
I don’t like it either time.
I don’t understand either one.
But I believe I should listen for God in the midst of all this, and hear the call to stand and be counted.
Here am I…
Between the Garden and the Garden City 