Bad news sometimes puts things into perspective.

Hello friends, Its 10:50 pm and we just got back from the funeral home. A guy we attend church with passed away suddenly with a heart attack. I was good friends with his son who also passed away last year. This family has really been hit pretty hard with grief. Very thankful that our family chain has not been broken by death. I know it is surely coming to all of us. Remember them in your prayers.
My older brother Michael loves to golf and is very good at it, however as any golfer knows everyday is not without its share of clouds. He told me he was having a particular bad day on the first nine. Slicing and missing what would normally be easy putts (easy for him). He had driven for 4 hours to play on a professional course. (remember we live in the sticks, 20 minutes one way to get a gallon of milk). He was talking how he was getting very angry because he was playing worse than he normally was. About the time he was ready to have a loss of religion(lol) he said one of the guys he was playing with received a phone call. The person on the call telling him about a friend who got the news of his small child being diagnosed with cancer. Funny thing after he heard that news it occurred to him how unimportant and insignificant that slice or bad putt was. Thankfully his two beautiful children at home are healthy. Its amazing how, unfortunately it sometimes takes some tragic information to really put thing into perspective. Truly if we have food, shelter and our families health we need to thank the one where all good and perfect things come from. Our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. I hope everyone out there has a good night or day. Thanks for stopping in.