Tonight, my heart breaks for my sweet friend, Cari. She goes to the University of Alabama and had to evacuate the city today. She is alright and her close friends are all accounted for, but the death toll is rising in Tuscaloosa as clean up continues. There are 15 students found dead so far. I cannot imagine. Here we are in Knoxville, complaining about dented car hoods and broken windows when another SEC school just a few hours away does not even have clean water. It is a startling realization that life can be over so quickly and so out of our control.
Although we are football rivals, please pray for Tuscaloosa. This is going to be a long and difficult process. Let this be a reminder to all of us not to take life for granted. I am so thankful that my best friend is ok, and I am hurting for those who cannot say the same. To all of our friends of the Tide, may God bless you with peace and healing.
Psalm 46: 1-3
God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging
Live with Love,
-JD
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