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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

I started taking antibiotics Thursday evening when I got home from work and the side of my face/neck, under my left ear was getting very sore and looked like it was swelling. I had a jump on it....and it is not sore at all, except if I chew on that side...and the swelling is going down....I told God, Please dont make me go to work Monday, looking like I have a horrible case of mumps.....It is going down, I am hoping I look as normal as possible by tomorrow. Jimmy is doing well....we are discussing all the things Robert had done for Jimmy back in school...and what a fine person he had grown to be, always the same dear, sweet, kind person we always knew....Jimmy asks why in the world God didnt leave Robert here, doing so much good for so many people....Jimmy pointed out how many people Robert could have helped if God would have left him here until he was 80 years old. Jimmy reasons that "God made him such a good man that was so helpful and such a good friend to so many people, why would God make him so good, and then take him away so soon? Heaven is full of good people, and we need Robert here with us"...........I wonder that too, so I have not formulated an answer yet.

Since we live in faith in God's wisdom in working things all things out, you will pray and ask for guidance on how to answer. But the book we use for guidance tells us it is appointed to a man once to die and the Father takes over from there. That's the trust we place in a loving Father who knows the future and has a plan we can never comprehend with our limited understanding. He'll also guide you in how to best convey that to Jimmy. Sometimes platitudes and earthly wisdoms don't really make a lot of sense trying to explain away death of a good person and we just look to God for comfort and help through it in faith and trust. We humans cannot explain so much in life.