These are the rough days

So this morning when I dropped off Reese at school I was told that of her classmates (Ibi) had lost his older brother who was only 4. The boy died in his sleep. He had not been sick, it was totally sudden. I can't imagaine what his family is going through right now. I thank God for keeping Reese sick but I constantly worry that something might happen to her.
I know that God has a plan for our lives and everything happend for a reason but these are the rough days. It is hard to accept that a small innocent 4yr old had to die suddenly. I'm not questioning my faith, I still love God and everything he does for us. We read a book in HS called When Bad Things Happen To Good People and it explined about the tapestry of life and how from our side we see the underneath of a sewing project. All we see is the threads, some tied together, some very long, some cut very short. It looks like a mess to us and we don't understand it, we're not supposed to understand it b/c God's plan is too big for us to get. However when we join God in heaven we will see the other side and see the beautiful tapestry that we helped weave. And we will know that even those very short threads were critical to making the picture as beautiful as it is.
So please pray for Ibi's family that they will feel God's love for them right now. And pray for your family, remember we don't know how long our thread is.