A beautiful flower

When we see a beautiful flower we want it to be ours forever. But as soon as we pick it off the vine it begins to die . You can shade it , you can love it and put it in water but we don’t know how long it’s going to be ours . So we watch it every day and tend to it’s every need . Then one day it’s gone . And we wonder what if , what if I had left it on the vine , what if I had left it in the sun , what if oh lord what have I done .

God's thoughts are higher than ours. He has purposes we can't comprehend. The taking of a beautiful flower , a child ,has broken a family’s hearts . The grieving family has made others take a closer look at their own children, to love them a little harder , to show them compassion in their misdeeds. To show them through Christ is the only path they must follow . To prepare them that life can be over in a second. For parents should not presume their children will bury them . Leave those flowers on the vine of God through the Son .And when God takes that beautiful flower that you picked off the vine , just know it will not die but live forever with him .

Rachel’s life was just as long as God knows is best. I can't explain His purposes, and no explanation can or should remove a parent's grief. But I do know God's ways are best, and one day we will have a much clearer picture.