The Meaning of LIfe

Just this past week I was reminded of the meaning of life. Arthur Jeff Zaslow died in a car accident. Though I was not a close friend, many of my family was. He recently wrote a book about the Bridal store and because of that become very close to My Aunt. People ask why does God take the good ones so early. And for that I do not have an answer. I asked the same thing when My Grandma and sister left to be with Jesus. But a a friend said something the other day that really hit me. She was referring to her son that passed away... "our kids are not our own they belong to God...So I thanked God for the time he let me be my sons mom" I think we often forget that we belong to God. We need to remember to slow down and be thankful for our family and friends that our still with us. I can guarantee Jeff was not planning on leaving the earth the way he did. He had 3 daughters and a wife. It just goes to show that we don't know the number of days we have left.

One of Zaslow's last quotes was " hug you kids because you just never know" That is a great reminder to all of us. You never know what the day will hold. Make sure your loved ones know just how much you love them. We get so caught up in life that we forget to do the simple things....like Hug our loved ones. Tell them that they are loved. We are all to be like Jesus.... But if we do not love how can we do that?! having a loved one die is one of the worst feelings in the world. You never truly recover. But something my Dad told me will stick with me forever. He said " If we lose Brooke we are not losing anything, we will see her in heaven....But if we lose faith then we have lost it all" At first I was like ya but Dad I want my sister here...I want to see her grow up. How selfish is that?!?! I wanted my sister to live through the pains of this earth when she could go to heaven? Now I am jealous that she gets to be in heaven! It is so easy to think of ourselves when we lose a loved one...How will we live without them? How can we move on? why would God even let that happen to me? The questions go on and on. But we have to remember God gave us the blessing of knowing that person for the time that we did. We just have to keep pressing on and let these tragedies remind us of the important things in life.