Sadness.

I had kind of a sad day. Went back to this little house that I need to finish up the electrical work. This is the house that was being built by Daniel Swartzentruber. You may remember me mentioning him in an >earlier post. < Its kind of surreal inside that house seeing some of his tools still laying around probably the way he left them. They included a hand trowel for finishing drywall, a trim saw, ladder, paint brushes, extension cords, halogen work lights etc. Its just so hard to imagine I will never be able to hear his friendly voice again in this life. It was a tough day working there. I was sort of in a daze and just going through the motions trying to get some things done. I was glad the plumber was there. We were both under the house in the crawl space for most of the day. He mentoined that they had gone over to see Daniel's wife the other night. She was a little embarrased when they showed up because she must have been having a rough time of it moments before. Its so hard to imagine the amount of grief she and the boys must be feeling after only 1 1/2 weeks of him being gone. Death is so cruel and painful. How do people survive times like this without the Grace of God? That Grace, along with some time, will help bring this suffering family through this aweful haze. I am hoping the same will happen for another family near and dear to us. Namely, the Mark Yoder Sr. family. Oh how great the Day and great the Joy when Jesus returns to destroy our last and most feared enemy which is death! Hallelujah What A Saviour! I am so glad He loved me/us enough to die on the cross and rise from the dead. All for you and me!
These verses taken from 1Cor 15:

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.