{"id":247,"date":"2005-09-19T06:54:58","date_gmt":"2005-09-19T13:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=247"},"modified":"2005-09-19T06:54:58","modified_gmt":"2005-09-19T13:54:58","slug":"thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=247","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, our friend died last Friday night.  I&#8217;ve not written sooner because it caused so many new thoughts and emotions.  I felt guilty because my first feeling was relief that it was over.  Gregg has left a wife and two young sons (17 and 14) &#8212; they need a Dad and Husband &#8211; a healthy one too.  But then I remember we all had about 11 years of Gregg that we might never have gotten if the Lord hadn&#8217;t done a work in him.  And, what a work He did.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if my own loss would have been easier if there had been some lingering or if I would have only built up foolish hopes and hurts.  While it is so easy to trace the way God&#8217;s Sovreign purposes worked in Gregg&#8217;s situation &#8211; postponing his death for several years &#8211; when I look at Josh&#8217;s short life &#8211; I don&#8217;t see it.  I will probably never understand why God gave us Josh after 14 years of infertility to only take him away at such a young age.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=247\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D247&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Thoughts\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=247\" data-text=\"Thoughts\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Thoughts\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=247\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=247\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Thoughts&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D247&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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