WHY? Why our family, Lord?

I just read about a family who tragically lost two daughters, 16 and 11, in a car accident.

My mind went back to things I experienced at those ages and how it could have been me. I was driving a car at 12 years of age. I tried to imagine what the world would have been without my existence after 11 or 16. The things I accomplished would not be here and no children born to me. My life after that age would not be felt! Would people remember me at all now? Sixty years later?

Having experienced the loss of a granddaughter, the missing of them never ends. Birthdays, special family events, 5, 10 and 15 years later, you wonder how they would have added to the world with accomplishments while experiencing life! 

This is what this family will deal with. Not just in the here and now with funeral arrangements and decisions they never thought they would have to make, but for a lifetime. Their friends will support them emotionally, physically and possibly financially but they can never know what they are feeling.

It will be a time to trust God. That is easy to say but difficult to do. The questions are humongous and never answered. We can accept the situation, but we don't have to like it! I always said if I knew God was going to take one of my children I would argue with Him but He has the final answer.  I trust that His wisdom knows more than I do.

Pray for families who have lost children and grandchildren.  It is the worst hurt that can be!