Something to think about..

I was reading a fellow blogger's newest post last night and something she had posted just kind of hit me.  We have to decide whether we believe that God took our loved ones or whether he received them.  I have thought of a million things since I lost my dad and since Carter passed away.  But this is one thing that I have never thought of deeply.  Sometimes I don't know what I think.  But last night, I really thought about this one.  I choose to believe that God received them.  We serve a selfless God so why would he take an innocent child away from those who love him?  And why would he have taken my dad?  I think that he took them out of pain, but he certainly did not take them from us for his own selfish needs. He had received them and those he has are an inspiration to those of us who are still here. They are up there pushing us to work hard, to our best, love with all that we have, forgive those of their wrongdoings, and encourage us to make it through the golden gates when our day gets here.