Frogs

Yesterday, Scott and I were out moving a pile of lumber left over from building our fence. When we picked up a pile of boards we found this HUGE frog. It is the fattest frong I've ever seen in person, outside of the ones you see at an aquarium. Scott and I took a bunch of pictures of this frog because we just couldn't believe how big it was.

I took a picture of the frog on my cell phone and sent it to a friend of mine who takes care of frogs at an aquarium. I thought she'd get a real kick out of a frog that big hanging out in our driveway.

It turns out that frog was a nudging from God. Maybe it's shear size was just a way to get our attention. I don't really know. But I sent that picture to my friend. A few minutes later I got a message back from her phone. The message said it was her mum, that my friend has passed away on June 12th. My friend is originally from Australia, even though she has been working and living here in the states for several years. Her mom is heading back to Australia today (she came in due to my friend's sudden illness and subsequent death) and when she leaves my friend's cell phone will be discontinued. So if it hadn't been for that huge frog in our driveway, I probably never would have found out what happened to my friend.

I don't know for sure if God sent that frog to get me to text my friend so that I would find out what happened before her phone was discontinued. But it seems like a big concidence. I don't know why she died at such an early age from a managable condition.

This day I have no answers. Only a deep sense of loss and a longing, a longing to know that God is near. A longing too deep for words.