The Happenings

There are just periods of times in life when happenings occur, these "happenings" are sometimes good and sometimes traumatic. The evangelicals will say that these happenings occur because God willed them to. Some of these happenings seem too effed up beyond belief for God to will them to happen. I think I believe that God allows things to happen because after all he is supposed to be this omnipresent being who watches over us.

It was Wednesday after the lightening storm when my best friend and I chatted until the late hours. She rested her head on my arm as we drifted off to sleep. All was well. My friends far away exchanged texts with me. All was well.

There brewing in the center of that storm were things that if I had the ability to fly, see the future and superhuman strength I would have made trips to DC, Orlando and back to Auburn over the next few days. 

Alas, I am human and I still can't wrap my head around why God allows things to happen. Don't worry I am still a man of signs over coincidence . This summer just got more complex, but I have definitely now been called to do the most difficult thing that I have ever been asked to do.

Is it so sad that it took me seeing George O'Malley getting creamed by a bus to help me appreciate life so much more? Perhaps it's because we had so much in common. Perhaps it's because I would like to think I would jump in front of a bus just to save one life.

God bless this summer.