There is a huge scare going on in this country. The scare is about the flu that is going on. There are two flu’s that are going around and I actually think there is more than two. I have seen a couple of friends and their family have the flu and it was the flu but it was not positive for the seasonal flu or the H1N1.

A couple days ago my brother and sister-in-law found out a friend they went to college with was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus. She went on vacation with her husband and her 10 month old baby to another state. They were visiting her husbands mother and father. She was not feeling well so they went to a pharmacy to get some meds to help her. The pharmacy was closed so her husband decided to take her to the ER.

The doctors found out that her lungs were full of fluid, tested her for H1N1, and ended up admitting her into the hospital.

The doctors thought she was getting better and then her kidney’s started to shut down.

Here is this family. No where near the support system they needed. I understand that there was family near but really having two people verse her family, his family, sisters, brothers, and friends to help them in this time had to be hard enough to deal with. Yet they had so many people who heard the story were praying. They had a ton of people praying for them. I mean church’s here in my state. Churches in the state they visited. Churches in their home state. Churches in other states. People upon people who didn’t know her but believed she is a child of His and believed He would do what His will was.

She died today. God called her home.

I will never understand God’s choices. This was not because of a choice she made. This was because of an illness. This was a virus. This was medical. This wasn’t a crazy person killing her or hurting her in some way. This was the flu.

She was 27 years old. She had a 10 month old little son. She had a husband who adored her. She was called home.

He knows what He is doing. I don’t need to know why He does what He does.

It is just so sad. It is so hard for those left behind. My brother and sister-in-law are really struggling with this. I keep on praying. Now my prayers have changed a bit. It has changed from Your will be done to please be with this family. Well that was part of the prayer anyway but now it really is.

I often wonder if I would have the strength to go on if I lost a child or spouse. If you knew they were dieing it would be different than a sudden illness or accident. I don’t think it would be easy with anything but to have it so sudden.

On The Biggest Loser there was a person on there whose name is Abby (she was voted off last week). She lost her husband, 5 year old daughter and 2 week old son in an accident. She gave me so much hope. She made it. She was not really living but she stayed alive long enough to start living again. She is an inspiration.

God is good. There is no doubt about it. Moments like this though make it hard to see that through the pain.