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Musing of a Younger Me.

     Death can be a cruel monster, or it can be a darling lamb. Why would it viciously claim the life of a beautiful twelve year old girl, or a charming nine year old boy? But yet Grandma accepted it willingly, with grace and beauty.

     God called them all by name to Him, and lets us ask questions. Now, don't get me wrong, I love God and don't wish to doubt His judgement. But I do wonder, why do beautiful children have to die in painful ways? What about the families? And friends? They are all just left to grieve and remember. To adjust and ponder. To question, "God, why?"

    We don't know the answers right now. We may someday know, or not till we reach heaven. But God has a beautiful reply for each question we ask. And finally, when we reach heaven, we will see the beautiful part of the picture. We will smile and tell God, "I love you. Thank you for Your comfort, and thank you for never leaving me."

    *And thus ends the short musings of my younger self. I think I wrote it like a year or two ago. I read it several days ago and I was kinda surprised that I actually thought of this! And my blog needed something again so I figured this would do.*

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  1. Sheri StoltzfusSeptember 11, 2013 at 11:23 PM

    Good stuff, young Kara. :) You have a really unique writing style. It's pretty cool.:D Consider me the biggest fan of the half-baked cookie. :)

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