Some calls we never want...

Today, Ben called to tell me that a Youth Pastor friend had called him and asked him to go to the High School to be available for counseling before, during or after the memorial service being held for a Senior who was killed last night after his car broke down on the Interstate while walking to get help. The television station reported that this child had been standing in the middle of the westbound lane of the Interstate and was hit by an 18-wheeler.

I cannot even fathom the idea of what I would feel or do if I got a call telling me my baby was dead...I remember too well my response of the news of my sister...total disbelief...I don't know how my Mother did it! Wow! Even at 32, she was still her baby!

Anyways, please pray for this family and people close to him. He was 18, and scheduled to graduate Friday night. His father is a Pastor at a local church in Pascagoula. Pray that the body of Christ stand strong with this family and support them in a time when they may be overcome with grief in the next few weeks, months, and even years. And pray, too, that we never get a call like one these parents may have gotten last night, and that God strengthen the ones that do, and use it all for His glory-some way. Thanks.
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