A year ago at this time I was living day-to-day with the hope that things were going to turn out okay for Lyn. Some days were with good news. Most days weren't.

We are approaching the one-year anniversary of her passing and there's a part of me that still finds it all so unbelievable. But yet, real it was and is.

Scott Krippane wrote:

All who sail the sea of faith

Find out before too long

How quickly blue skies can grow dark

And gentle winds grow strong

Suddenly fear is like white water

Pounding on the soul

Still we sail on knowing

That our Lord is in control

Sometimes He calms the storm

With a whispered peace be still

He can settle any sea

But it doesn't mean He will

Sometimes He holds us close

And lets the wind and waves go wild

Sometimes He calms the storm

And other times He calms His child

He has a reason for each trial

That we pass through in life

And though we're shaken

We cannot be pulled apart from Christ

No matter how the driving rain beats down

On those who hold to faith

A heart of trust will always

Be a quiet peaceful place

Sometimes He calms the storm

With a whispered peace be still

He can settle any sea

But it doesn't mean He will

Sometimes He holds us close

And lets the wind and waves go wild

Sometimes He calms the storm

And other times He calms His child

Life is not what we make of it. Life is our eternal existence. Whether we believe it or not, we are created for eternity. I am so thankful that as we traverse this time on earth that we are rehearsing for the real show and that we have this time now to get it right. I am so thankful for the word of Lyn's decision to commit her life to Christ. She is now and forever living the reality I look forward to. She is living eternally what MercyMe "can only imagine." I am thankful for that reality. I am thankful to know of her assurance. I am excited to know that I will see her again and we will forever walk together. [Of course I "imagine" her being quite busy reading to all the little children there.]

I pray that we can all be together eternally. I pray that we all take the option to be committed to Christ and thus united eternally. It's simple. Just believe that

"God so loved the world that He gave His One and Only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." [John 3;16]

because

"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us." [1 John 3:16]

and now

"I have been crucified with Christ and I now longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himeself for me." [Galatians 2:21]