.Iraq makes me sad.

Today was just my average day. Sleep in. Get sucked into facebook. Work til close. etc, etc. However, one thing threw off my routine today. It was a text message from my sister, Audrey. All it said was"Mike Mayne died over in Iraq...prayers for the family." This stunned me. I went from the pretty good mood I was in, to basically not wanting to talk to anyone. I even found myself wondering why I felt so bad? I didn't really know Mike that well. I mean my school was K-12 and I could probably name anyone I saw in grades 9-12 at any given time, so I knew him, but I didn't really know him. I thought about it the rest of the evening at work.

I remembered that he had gotten married shortly before I did. He had a sister, just a couple years older than he was. He came from a close knit family in our small little town. I kept finding myself saying "I can't imagine... I can't imagine." But that's just what I was doing. I kept putting myself in this situation. I can not even fathom what I would do if I lost Ethan at this point in my life. Our lives are just beginning together. The thought of losing a sibling, it crushes me. And parents should never have to bury their child. Never. This is a devastating event that will affect the town as a whole. While I have all of these thoughts, I also know that God has His plans. This just makes me want to know what they are. I want to know now, what good He will bring of this. Say that Mike did know the Lord and that he is now in heaven and rejoicing. Why now? At 21 years old. Still a child. An entire life ahead of him. I feel selfish questioning God's plans. He ultimately knows what's best for us and just what will come of this situation.

My heart just breaks for this family. All I can do is exactly what the text message said. Pray. Pray for his parents, pray for his sister, pray for his friends, pray for the town. Pray for their peace. Just Pray.