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threnody (THREN-uh-dee) noun A song of lamentation for the dead.

Funny that this turns up at the top of my word list. Well almost the top. Top word was something having to do with government by the military. Which didn't interest me in the least.

This does?

Well sorta, because I've had a rant going on in my head for the past week that I really need to get out of there. So apologies ahead of time if I step on toes. But no one should be offended--it is after all my opinion, and frankly I'm entitled to it. I just have no business forcing anyone else to adopt it. :)

A friend and businessman--and a very fine friend and business man--was the victim of an accident about a week and a half ago. And I think it would have just gone right up the wall and down the other side if someone had tried to tell me that "the Lord needed another angel," or "it was his time to go," or "God called him home."

1) the Lord does need any more angels. He created enough to do the jobs that needed to be done, and even if he did,

2) God wouldn't call him by having a tractor fall on him and choke him to death with gasoline. Sorry. A God of love wouldn't do such a thing.

3) HE WAS HOME! He was on the earth that is made for humans and he was surrounded by a family and tons of friends who are so hurt and grieving. He didn't want to be anywhere else and he was fulfilling God's "plan" for him already.

The platitudes just wear thin because in the end God comes out lacking.

Here's the facts:
J was a victim of time and unforeseen occurrences. (Ecclesiastes 9:11)
He is sleeping in death the same way Lazarus was. (John 11:11)
God's plan is to reunite him with his friends and family at a time when the grief and sorrow we know are gone. (Revelation 21:3, 4)
God did not foreordain that he would be killed on that day or in that fashion. (James 1:13)
He has paid the price for his imperfections: the wages sin pays is death (Romans 6:7) and therefore his slate is clean.
A stronger faith or a better life would not have prevented what happened i.e. he wasn't "punished" for something he should or should not have been doing. (Psalm 103:10, 11)

Ding Ding--gotta pick up the wonder child. But this felt good. :)