I can't imagine, but I can pray

In church this morning I asked you to pray for the family of a 13 year old girl named Chelsea. About 3:30 this morning Chelsea, whose family had just arrived yesterday for a week of vacation, went into cardiac arrest and by the time the first responders arrived had slipped into eternity.

I was called by Dare Co. Communications and asked to respond to Outer Banks Hospital. There I met a family in disbelief that such a thing could happen, but with a belief that God is in control. We prayed; quoted Scripture and I watched them grieve over the body of their daughter, sister and cousin.

Not only can you pray for them, but these kinds of emergency calls are tough on the first responders (in this case the Kitty Hawk Fire Dept., Police and Dare Co. EMS) and the emergency room staff. The death of a child hits them hard. And as many times as they have to deal with these kinds of things doesn't make it any easier.