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THURSDAY THOUGHT 1/17/08

January 17, 2008 on 4:01 am | By John Ingrisano | In Faith & Forgiveness | No Comments

I sometimes think there are two kinds of people:  On one side of the fence are the invincible, the immortal, the indomitably young, who play at life and tackle it with restless joy and reckless abandon.  On the other are those who understand that their own mortality is all too real, that death and time are tightly intertwined.

A friend died this week, a peer, and way too young for such foolishness as death at age 62.  I’m still fairly new to this side of the fence. After all, we are supposed to bury our parents when it is their time, not our friends, mostly because I don’t think there really ever is a good time to bury friends.

That, it seems to me, is where faith comes in.  It helps make sense of that empty void, that blank spot where once a friend lived.  So, rejoice in faith.  And please pray for the soul of my friend, Jamie.  And just for the record, I’d rather have stayed on the other side of the fence. — jri

“Faith is being sure of what we hope
for and certain of what we do not see.”
–    St. Paul
Hebrews 11:1