Saturday we went to be with lifelong friends whose daughter was tragically killed hours before.

Words in those times fail and so they should. Our presence and our silence are the best comforters in times like these.

Stacey wisely commenting on our time with them said, “There will be time for words later.” We understand this all too well.

A couple weeks back I took a photo of the tree we planted as a memorial to our son Jake. It was in full bloom, fragrant and beautiful.

The blooms are gone now. They are just a memory saved on my phone. A lesson again for this laymen as I ponder the word and my journey.

Death interrupted life again causing me to think of the trees in my back yard and the following words from Isaiah.

6 The voice said, “Cry out!”
And he said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.7 The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the LORD blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.”

We are fading flowers and our time will come when we all will fall into the earth. Now is the time to cling to that which is eternal.

Jesus said that heaven and earth will pass away but his words will never pass away. Important words from the only man to beat death. We might want to listen to him.

The Word of Truth.

Jesus- the living King