These past few days our community “young deaths” have plagued our thoughts. A suicide, then a twenty something whose health concerns didn’t seem that bad. On the other side was the death of a ninety-something whose last few years had gradually deteriorated.
But, unexpectedly today, I was confronted with another sense of grief and loss. Our community has also seen established leadership resign, move, and generally leave us! I didn’t realize how much I had developed a sense of trust, a sense of stability, a sense of a community team! This is the same type of thing that develops in a football team over years of working together.
But, right now our community is returning to a first year team. I grieve the loss of a former vision, but at the same time God is in control. Where will we go next? Only God knows! But it will be the best place to be!