Hurting Instead of Rejoicing

Kelly Caton – Rwanda 2013

Today, I got a phone call. A phone call everyone dreads. A phone call that seems to stop time and everything going on around you. A call that telling me one of my former roommates and co-worker had passed away. 

I put my hand over my mouth and started to cry. I cried until I was numb. I just kept saying “No, God! No! Why?! GOD! NO! WHY!!!” Over and over while one of my wonderful friends sat beside me watching me sob and praying for me. The longer I cried, the more I realized this is not what Kelly would want me to do..

“For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.
Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will…