Very Sad Week

I thought the next blog post I made was going to be about my recent trip of games and hiking. That will have to wait a few more days. I wanted to share the unbelievably sad week I had. All of the following things happened in the last week:

• One of my friend's mother died. I know she had been having health problem, but I think she was still pretty young.
• A coworker lost her father. She lives in California, but he is in Alabama where she grew up. She was on her way back home to see him, but he passed just a few days before she left. Again, I believe he was having health problems, but still quite young.
• My gaming friend passed away at the age of 36. Just one year older than me. He suffered from the same cancer that took my dad.
• One of my favorite high school teachers passed away from a sudden heart attack. He was still teaching and was believed to be in good health.
• An ex-coworker's (actually the one who hired me to MedSeek) 8 year-old son was diagnosed with stage 3 lymphoma in his stomach and other internal organs. This is a very aggressive, but treatable cancer.
• Talking with a current coworker, he remarked that he didn't know how he would handle it if this was happening to his son. Later that night, he took his 10 week old son to the hospital where he had emergency surgery to remove a large brain tumor.

I have been overwhelmed at all of the bad news I continued to receive over the week. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, I would receive more bad news. I don't think I've ever had a week like this before in my life. I've had to rely on God and remind myself of his sovereignty. Most of the people in the list above are Christ-followers, so that gives me comfort that they are likely doing the same. I am thankful that I have the freedom to do that and the friends and family around during these trying times. I am especially thankful as I know there will be more times worse than these.