Why....

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Its a question that I think we all ask ourselves about things that go on in our lives. Why does bad things happen to good people? Why does it feel my life is falling apart? Its at this moment that a lot of people blame God wondering why this would be happening to you.. We ask ourselves this a lot of times when we lose someone that was close to us or was taken from us to soon. I know that I had a hard time when Jacob Williams left this earth and even Alex Brown when she passed away and I was filled with so much pain and sorrow. I know that several are feeling this same feeling with the recent loss of Michael Ybarra. I did not know Michael but i wish that i had because from what I have seen he was a great guy and he will be missed.
Its times like this that your faced with the feeling of not knowing what to do or where to turn. You find yourself sitting there crying and crying trying to figure out what to do. You pray to God and don't know what to pray because you miss this person so much but you know that it was Gods plan for it to happen this way. So what is it that we are suppose to do or say to God. I asked myself the same thing and was lead to Romans 8:26-27. "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts know the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will."
Even though we are lost for words and trying to figure out what to do or think God hears our prayers and is with us. God is with us in the hard times and his plan will be revealed to us later in life. I know that even though both Jacob and Alex are not physically here on earth the impact they left behind has effected more people than they ever imagined. Jake taught all of us who knew him not only how to live life to the fullest but also how to die following God. Alex left and impact on all the people around us and even though she was killed in a car accident her story has saved hundreds of people and had an impact on their lives. I think that Michael is the same and his impact will be left with all those around him and Gods plan through all this pain will work out in the end. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the friends and family of Michael Ybarra. God bless and RIP Michael Ybarra!