Goodbye Christina

Do you ever wonder what your last assignment is before God calls you home? Do you ever think about that final task you will complete that is the last thing you will accomplish on this earth?

For my sister-in-law, Christina Briggs, hers came sometime in the late hours between 10:17 pm Sunday night and 3:00 am Monday morning. Her last Facebook post was a meme that spoke of God answering knee mails. Between those hours, I don't know what took place, other than her daughter got up to get a drink of water and found her mommy in the floor, cold. She went to get her a blanket and tell her daddy about it and that was when realization hit that Christina was no longer with them.

Forty-three-years old and suddenly, her light was extinguished. Her brilliant smile never to be seen other than in pictures again. And her laugh? Oh, to hear it once more! Christina was such a vibrant soul and rarely was she seen without joy on her face. Though she'd been through many losses, that smile rarely dimmed.

Years ago, she told me that her favorite song was "Broken Things" by The McKameys because it described how God had put her pieces back together. As I remember her today and mourn the loss of her, I anticipate seeing Christina again, in all of her glory, and no longer cracked but perfected in the love of Jesus. Goodbye, sweet sister! I loved you.