Last night a contractor who was doing door-to-door marketing in Bedford, PA for me passed away. His wife called to tell me this morning. It was shocking.
Bill had called me on Tuesday and told me he was going to the hospital for 4 to 5 days, but that he would be back next week. In fact, I was supposed to meet him in person for the first time next Thursday when I'm in Pennsylvania. We've been working together for about 3 months but had never met in person.
Life is truly a wonderful blessing, but it's hard, sometimes very hard. I spent the rest of the morning calling and emailing people to let them know Bill is gone. I hope that's something you don't have to do very often. It's terribly hard to be the one to break the news that will break someone's heart.
I believe that the important thing is to remember that despite the fact that life isn't fair, that hearts break and some questions are never satisfactorily answered, everything does happen according to God's plan. And His plan is perfect. We may not understand it and at times we may hate it, but it is perfect. If you hold onto that you can survive anything -- even breaking people's hearts.
