Life

For those of you that don't know, my friend Chelsea Garner was killed in a car accident this morning. As I was sitting on my bed, tears in my eyes, thinking of all the times she and I did fun, crazy things together in High School, I couldn't help but sit down and start typing. The first person I talked to said that even though this is a terrible thing, death is a part of life. I was thinking of that, and wondering at it's validity. Yes, death is a part of life, but what a small part. My friend Chelsea, who I've known ever since I was little, became a Christian last year. She and I talked extensively about how God came into, and changed her life. She truly was a new person in Christ. As I praise God for her friendship, and what a bright and sunny person she was, mostly I praise God that He saved her. I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that I will see her in Heaven. She has died, but not a permanent death. Because Christ died for our sins, she now lives. I can sit here and smile knowing that God is in control, but mainly that Chelsea isn't dead, she lives in Heaven with the Most High King. What a privilege.