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I’m feeling the weight of how short life can be sometimes.  A year and a half ago I lost a good friend to a car accident.  Today, I read about a man who was about to graduate who died in a car accident.  Also, here’s an e-mail I received today:

On Wednesday evening a rental group being led by one of our Shamineau Adventures (Camp Shamineau) staff was on a camping trip along the north shore near Grand Marais. While hiking and wading in the Temperance River, two women from the group, an adult leader and a high school camper, slipped and fell into the river and were swept away. CPR was performed on the scene by Shamineau Adventures staff and the group’s leaders until local paramedics arrived, but both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Please be praying for the families of the two that were lost, the others who were on the trip, and for our Shamineau Adventures staff that were with them. At times like this we have no quick or easy answers as to why, but we hang on to what we know about the goodness of our God.

So, tonight some extra time in prayer will be spent.  Anything I can be praying for you about?