It's For their good
the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil (Isaiah 57:1) It is hard to understand when loved ones are taken in death, especially when they are young. In that case, to us it seems they had much more life to live, and the world would have been better if they had not died so young. But we cannot know what their lives would have been like had they lived any longer. Mitch was only 16 when he realized his dream of earning his pilot’s license. Two years later, as he was making a freight run in one of his father’s planes, something on the plane malfunctioned, and he and a buddy who had gone along for the ride, plunged to their deaths. At Mitch’s memorial service, the minister made a profound statement: “We say what a shame that Mitch died so young when he had so much more life to live. But that isn’t correct. From the beginning, Mitch’s life consisted of 18 years, and he lived out all of his days.” He went on to assure us mourners: “Those of you...