Life. Live it Fully

I have not had a chance to really sit down and reflect on 2018 or think much about the new year.  My heart is heavy with sadness for a family that I knew several years ago.  When I was helping out with the MOPs program at the church I used to go to, I helped with planning the kids program and watching and caring for them while their mom's were learning and growing in Christ.  There was this little boy that I cared for and his mom was a fun, sweet loving person who loved her little boy and then she had another little boy, she was a devoted mother.  Her oldest is Kaden and the youngest that I haven't seen since he was just a little baby is Owen.  They eventually left Flagstaff and moved away but with Facebook I've been able to see them from a distance.  We were never really close but I loved seeing what the family was up to.  I'm not sure how old Kaden was, yes I said was......he may have been eight years old, again not sure but very young.

I read on a post on Facebook from another sweet momma that I met also caring for her kids too in that program that Kaden was taken to the hospital, he had stopped breathing.  He was revived and breathing with a help of a ventilator.   Not knowing why or what was wrong things went for a turn in a bad way very very quickly.  As the day progressed, this would be yesterday on New Years day, Kaden passed away, leaving this earth to be with the Lord.  The only thing that was mentioned was that maybe he had the flu.

I do not understand it and I know others do not, especially the mother and her family. This family have holes in their family, lives and hearts.  I'm not going to try to make sense of it or question the Lord but I do ask for comfort, peace and healing for the family, his mom, and all the lives that he had touched in his short time on earth.

And for others like myself who are not as close to this family offer us comfort, peace and guidance on how to live a full god honoring life.  To have peace with our thoughts that I know are bouncing all over my head when I take a moment to be still in silence.  To live a life to the fullest here on this temporary home on earth. To not fear, to trust, to live, to live in your light, in your embrace living the fullest life we can and share your light as we go, not taking life for granted, living and cherishing the moments.  I ask all this in your holy and wonderful name Lord, Amen.