Sabbath Blog.

Last December, my friend Derrick Lee Grayson died in a car wreck in Utah. He died a few days after Christmas. He had just gotten married that past October.

In 1991, my Papaw died of cancer which started in his lungs. The cancer came from exposure to asbestos in construction material.

My Mawmaw died of a brain tumor in 1990.

My Pawpaw died the summer before my Freshman year of high school.

As far as life goes, I have had to deal with very little of tragedy. I feel extremely blessed that I have had an average life. We all have to deal with losing a friend or a grandparent eventually. But I have not had to face losing a parent or a sibling. I have had little contact with any emotional trauma.

However, when the day comes that I will face those things, I will be able to handle it. Because there is so much more than just this life that we live. I don't want to get churchy or overly religious here. But I know that there is a God. I know that He loves us. I know that death is not the end.

What a comfort, to know these beautiful things.