A Sorrowful Day

"Bar-ba-row" that is what they called him, but his name is Elias David. He was 18 years old and lived with his aunt. His parents haven't cared for him since he was young, his dad is a drug addict and his mother works in another country. He worked with us here at the house on a number of occasions, and we talked with a lot about life and what he should do with it. He didn't go to school because he was kicked out two years ago for stabbing someone.
 Today his life was cut short as a result of revenge from the family of the person he stabbed.

 It is sad that the violence of revenge doesn't solve the problem, now, of course, the other family wants revenge. To stop the cycle someone will have to forgive. Pray the Lord can work in the lives of these people to reconcile them to each other.

 When we woke this morning we didn't expect Elias to be dead, we thought there would be more time. He was young and so there would be time for him to get his life straightened out. If you have people in your life that need your help, or you need to reconcile with- don't wait! We don't know the number of our days.

courtesy of Anne Allweier