rough days

some weeks are just tougher then others. this is one. our community deals with a great loss of a wonderful young man named Zyha (zee-ah). he was found in montrose harbor this week, drowned. he was a good guy with so much love for life and for god. he will be sorely missed. it's a bittersweet reality, on one hand he we shed tears for his early passing but at the same time we rejoice that he's where i long to be, sitting at the feet of god. he now sees what we've only longed to see, he's now fully alive. 

we also announced sunday the official word that we've inherited ipsento (our little coffee shop in bucktown). not 48hrs later, ipsento was broken into during the twilight hours. while not a huge hit it was sad to come to the reality that even the seemingly good can experience hard times. the thief walked with a little better padding in his pocket but otherwise the whole event was fairly harmless. 

all this leads me tonight to a tired feeling that life is so uncertain but thankfully we have one who is more than certain. Zyha now sees what i long to. our time too will come, how do we use the days given us? a reminder to live each day to it's fullest and close your eyes each night with no regrets. live and be free in christ... much love.