The Lord uses tragedy to teach wisdom

Good Morning!! April 23, 2012 marked a year of my father-n-law's passing. My little family had gathered at our lakehouse for a long easter weekend. I remember like it was yesterday, Bear running into our room at 4:00 in the morning. "The police are at the front door."  The thought that came to mind.  "Oh mylanta what did Bear or my boys do?" Shelby was given the news....Motorcyle accicent. We all experience loss, this one was tough. The relationship between Lynn and the two of us had been strained and not healthy for a while.  I have watched the man that I love toture himself, his stuggles in some way unbearable. I look at this last year and we have changed. Shelby and I look at relationships and problems differently. When you dont get the chance to say "Im sorry" it haunts you. When you are a child of God, the Lord carry's you and out of tragedy you can become better not bitter. I often sit and think, Gosh if I just would have done things differently, not have been so stubborn. I will not get the chance with my relationship with Lynn but I do have the opportunity to be better to all of the other amazing people in my life. Shelby and his brothers are slowly healing, the communication between them... when two of them can talk about a relationship with the Lord..."priceless". Shelby is taking is pain and sadness and becoming a better man and father to our boys. Relationships are messy and tough but there is nothing too big to say the words "Im sorry", I have learned this in a very painful way. Losing a loved one can bring amazing life changing behavior. We can not go back and redo nor can we live in the past, we have to make sure today we are the person that we can be proud of.  Happy Tuesday y'all... the Light of the Lord lives in us and out of great suffering great things can happen, as one of my friends, Terry says..."God is Good ALL the time".