FAITH [email to Paul]

Paul,

Anthony is with you today, just as he is with you every day.  He is still very much alive with us and within us.

You've sometimes mentioned to me the frustration of the question "why?".  The way I look at it is this: at your job, you trust the company's CEO to do whatever is best for the company, even if you don't understand or agree with his decisions.  But of course, the CEO very likely knows a lot more than you do about what's best for his company, and you lack the perspective he has and the information that he has available to him.

God is the same way, but God created everything, including that CEO and you and me and Anthony.  God's perspective, as the Creator of everything, is higher up than anything or anybody else.  And not only that, the amount of information available to God is limitless and infinite, so God can make the most informed decisions possible in the interest of what's best for His "company": everything, all of existence.  And of course, God is perfect, so that totally and completely reinforces every decision.  Even if you and I can never understand those decisions.

In both cases, we put FAITH in those who are in positions of power and authority.  And God is the ultimate power and authority.  Our only mission is to serve God, wherever we are and wherever He sends us, in this lifetime and beyond.

God bless you Paul.  You're like a brother to me.  And so, we'll both be thinking of Anthony today.  Peace and Love, [...]