Life is Messy

"Everything was fine until everything wasn't. We are never ready for the storms of life. They rarely announce themselves. These storms come at unexpected times and in unexpected forms. They come in all shapes and sizes, and teach us that life is unpredictably messy." Matthew Kelly   

2021 has been messy. 

There has been so much grief, heartache and loss on the prairie, and in our world. 

I think about the unexpected losses and my heart breaks. 

I think about the expected losses and still my heart breaks. 

November is the month we stop and remember those who have died.

Death is unpredictable. 

Yet, each of us expects it.

We just don't know when to expect it. 

Life is also unpredictable. 

Life is messy.

Storms come and go. 

The important thing is that we weather the storms together.

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose heart." Hebrews 12:1-3