Remember that my life is but breath...

They have found and recovered the bodies of Anthony and Katie. It's been a tumultuous week. We discovered on Monday, while we were at Wakeboard Camp, that they had found Anthony's earth shell. Since that day, it has been an emotional, yet sweet and joyful ride. Some of the emotions take me back to December. Chris and I drove back from WBC yesterday and are staying with all the family. The waiting and wondering has been here again. I am still feeling the question of WHY. I am still feeling intense grief. Yet there is so much joy in how the Lord orchestrated these events. I might have to post on all of those good things later when my head is clearer and the events are more in order :) But, know that I can see my Jesus' hand in this.

It's amazing how attached we are to things. And it's ok. Anthony's parents had a chance to view his body today...one of the first things that a rescuer handed her was Anthony's ring. When they got back to the house, his mom showed it to me and I just broke down. I know how significant that ring was to Anth. Sigh...

It's so weird how this whole time I've known that Anth was with his Jesus. That Anth was no longer on this earth. But it's so strange how having his shell off the mountain makes it so much more real. So much more concrete. But, I have so much peace. I have so much joy. I can see God's goodness in the land of the living!! We were looking at Job this week at Wakeboard Camp and my dear husband came across these verses that just slammed my heart...

"Remember that my life is but breath; My eye will not again see good. The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer; your eyes will be on me, but I will not be. When a cloud vanishes, it is gone. So he who goes down to Sheol does come up. He will not return again to his house, nor will his place know him anymore.....I will waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. What is man that you magnify him, and that you are concerned about him, that you examine him every morning and try hum every moment?"

Job 6:7-10, 16-19

Those verses just hit me and Chris hard as we were thinking about rescuers bringing Anth's shell off the mountain. I can even hear Anth's voice saying some of those things to me...I also keep thinking of other verses in Job..

"Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?" Job 2:10

"Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD!" Job 1:21

I keep coming back to this central truth....GOD IS STILL GOD, AND GOD IS STILL GOOD. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!!!!!!!!