It's been a long week
by SarahSE
It has certainly been awhile since I have posted anything here at the Life at Luther blog. Like Andy, I definitely got caught up in all the craziness of finals and then the abrupt change into the free-time of Christmas break. Kevin and I went back to our hometown, Rapid City, SD, for Christmas. We had a great time, though we were busy with visiting all of our family members and seeing old friends. My niece Hayley was baptized on New Year's Eve, which was a wonderful experience and a great excuse for the family to order and eat one of those really long party subs from a local sandwich shop! Good times. We were tired, but happy to see our families. Then we jumped back in to classes and work as soon as we returned to campus.
However, after being back here for just 3 days I received the sad news that my cousin had died unexpectedly. It was a complete shock to all of us. I immediately bought a plane ticket and headed back to Rapid City again, only this time instead of going home to celebrate the holidays, I went home to mourn the loss of a loved one with my family. It was, and still is, hard. Sometimes I still can't believe that he is gone. It was especially hard to recognize just how quickly and drastically life can change and no one even sees it coming. It had been less than a week since I had seen my aunt, uncle, and cousin for Christmas, and now our family's world had been turned upside down by this tragedy. My aunt, uncle, and cousins received a heart-warming outpour of support and love from their family, friends, and community. And I appreciate the prayers and support that the Luther community has offered as well. As a part of the funeral service my aunt and uncle asked me to read the following passage:
Romans 6:3-9
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
However, after being back here for just 3 days I received the sad news that my cousin had died unexpectedly. It was a complete shock to all of us. I immediately bought a plane ticket and headed back to Rapid City again, only this time instead of going home to celebrate the holidays, I went home to mourn the loss of a loved one with my family. It was, and still is, hard. Sometimes I still can't believe that he is gone. It was especially hard to recognize just how quickly and drastically life can change and no one even sees it coming. It had been less than a week since I had seen my aunt, uncle, and cousin for Christmas, and now our family's world had been turned upside down by this tragedy. My aunt, uncle, and cousins received a heart-warming outpour of support and love from their family, friends, and community. And I appreciate the prayers and support that the Luther community has offered as well. As a part of the funeral service my aunt and uncle asked me to read the following passage:
Romans 6:3-9
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
posted by SarahSE at 2:53 PM
1 Comments:
So sorry to hear about the loss of your cousin, Sarah. My condolences to you and your family. I'm sure your reading from Romans was comforting to everyone. I'll keep you all in my prayers.
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