Death of a Saint

On Labor Day, 9/5/16, God called home a very special saint.  Bruce Isenhauer of Trinity was known for his deep passionate love of our Lord.  It was evident in his faithful praying over Trinity.

His passing, at age 63 was so swift, it was a shock to us.  Bruce was instantly killed in a head-on-collision in which he was the driver.  The driver of the other car was also killed.  But passengers, daughter and grand son were not injured.

Why Bruce?  Why now?  We will probably never know the answer to those questions?  A wake up call?  Saving Bruce from experiencing turmoil in our church and world?  Don't know.  Don't know the conversations he just had with family in the car.  Bruce was almost a 24/7 conversationalist about his belief.  As far as I know he never passed over an opportunity to speak of and for God.

He saw no boundaries in sharing.  He often crossed over into "another's space" in his enthusiastic way of sharing.  One of the phrases we often heard Bruce say was "God is good...God is good all the time"

Bruce will be deeply missed by many.  Those who knew him well commented on their joy for Bruce to be in the presence of our LORD Jesus.  But, also, spoke of the sorrow and sadness in his earthly absence.  Until we meet again, dear brother (and thank you for serving Holy Communion to Charlie and me and others) the day before you left.

All Knowing Facebook vs All Knowing God

Saw a TV program this morning.  The host read pages and pages of personal data Facebook accumulates on its customers' accounts.  Scary.  Makes me want to break my relationship with Facebook.  It is interesting how Facebook presents itself as my friend...ie  "memories from 2, 4, 6 years ago"  FB starts with "because we care..."  Even my private messages to someone are recorded in Facebook data banks.  Hmmmm   How will this information about me be used in the future?

                                                                               vs

My all seeing, all knowing, all wise, all loving GOD... His Holy Word says He knows my thoughts before a word is spoken.  His Word says He will compassionately love me and forgive me.  His Word says He knows ALWAYS where I am, what I am doing, what my plans are and what my future holds.
But, unlike Facebook I know how this information is and will be used:  FOR MY GOOD.

My dilemma - I have chosen my Facebook friends carefully and I want to stay connected with them.  How?   Not email... again it is the issue of having my thoughts recorded on my computer.  Should I return to writing personal letters?  How many of my friends would stay connected this way... takes more time, cost of paper and stamps...and how would I share photos.  God I ask you to give me wisdom regarding this.