Nate

I just saw Nate a week ago. He came to the Florida vs. Drake game on September 16 (that is where the picture was taken.)

I don't really know what to say. I held his hand Saturday. I talked to him, and he just lay there. I wanted to say "wake up, Nate. Everyone is here, everyone is waiting for you." And now he is gone.

I've had a particularly rough weekend. Friday night I found out that a girl that Deb and I had played soccer against in high school had died in a car crash on Thursday afternoon- Meggie Malm. Then Rachel called about Nate. Then yesterday morning my room mate found out that her sister's newly ex-boyfriend had died in a car accident.

Things change so fast. It is hard for me to believe that Nate just won't be around.

Friday night, after I had heard about Meggie, I started looking up verses in the Bible about death. One really stood out to me- Isaiah 57: 1-2:
"The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart;
devout men are taken away, and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.
Those who walk uprightly enter into peace;
they find rest as they lie in death."