Why Lord

I just learned today that a dear friend of mine just buried her husband after a 6 year battle with cancer, leaving behind 3 year old and 1 year old children.  It is at times like these that we ask, "Why Lord?"  This man, Scott, was a loving father and husband whose love for his wife was so evident on his face.  I met him just once but I saw his love for Jenn just oozing from every pore.  And just last year my best friend's brother-in-law was taken to heaven leaving behind his wife Katie and their two daughters.  And just a few weeks ago I also learned that a couple that I went to college with have a 5 year old son who is in the fight of his life with a very aggressive form of cancer.  And again we ask, "Why Lord?". 
I have been struggling with this very question ever since my sister-in-law, Kara Schenk McCue, died in a horrific boating accident in 2006.  Her death rattled my faith in God more than any event thus far in my life.  I began to question God's love for us.  I have never doubted God's power, but I really didn't understand his reasons for what he does or doesn't do. I believe that God has the power to heal and to rescue, but will he?  And for some reason I have been really struggling with this just recently.  I didn't understand what good can come from taking believers from their families who love them so much and hurt so much when they leave. 
But God had begun to answer why in a way that only he can. 
My husband and I have been studying John and recently read the story of the death of Lazarus.  I hope that you will all read it.  But in it Jesus learns that Lazarus is ill yet he doesn't run to Lazarus's side to heal him.  He waits 4 days.  The Lord knew that Lazarus was dying but he waited. When Jesus does join the family, they are in deep mourning and are wailing.  Jesus is so moved by their sorrow that he weeps.  The creator of the universe wept for a man and his suffering family.  Jesus also said "it is for God's glory" and "so that you may believe," that this happened  This story brought me such comfort.  To know that Jesus weeps right along with us when we hurt.  And also that he knows the ultimate outcome.
I may never see in this life the reasons for the suffering of the saints but I will see in heaven the completion of each of these lives as we celebrate for eternity.  Even now as I type I think that God may be calling his saints home to save them for this world that seems to be so quickly decaying.  Maybe instead of thinking "why Lord" I should be asking "Why not me Lord"?
I hope that you are ready to go if He calls you home!  If you want to know how to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior and have your name written down in the Book of Life, I would love to tell you how.  May God bless Jenn and her family and yours!