Why?

[exitstageright]

With the passing of some good and talented people this year,I remebered some other people,that passed away,at an early age. Now that I am 62,these ages do not seem so old anymore.
At their times of their deaths,Abraham Lincoln was 56. JFK was 46. MLK was 39.
Roberto Clemete was only 38.

Roberto Clemente was one of my favorite professional baseball players,that I had the privilege of watching. One of the reasons,that I took Spanish in school,was to be able to communicate to Latin baseball players,such as Roberto Clemente. Not only was he a great baseball player,he was a great humanitarian. After there was a big earthquake,in Nicaragua,he was flying supplies,on December 31,1972,to the earthquake victims. Shortly after his plane took off,his plane crashed into the sea.His body was never found.

I felt a great loss,after I heard the tragic news.

That was the first time,that I asked this question. The question was." Why does it seems that good people have to die so young?"

 

[Tull]

Because we don't know the whole story but only what we see and what appeals to us.

 

[bhsmte]

With the passing of some good and talented people this year,I remebered some other people,that passed away,at an early age. Now that I am 62,these ages do not seem so old anymore.
At their times of their deaths,Abraham Lincoln was 56. JFK was 46. MLK was 39.
Roberto Clemete was only 38.

Roberto Clemente was one of my favorite professional baseball players,that I had the privilege of watching. One of the reasons,that I took Spanish in school,was to be able to communicate to Latin baseball players,such as Roberto Clemente. Not only was he a great baseball player,he was a great humanitarian. After there was a big earthquake,in Nicaragua,he was flying supplies,on December 31,1972,to the earthquake victims. Shortly after his plane took off,his plane crashed into the sea.His body was never found.

I felt a great loss,after I heard the tragic news.

That was the first time,that I asked this question. The question was." Why does it seems that good people have to die so young?"

I loved Clemente. I played college baseball and Clemente is why I wore number 21.

 

[Archie the Preacher]

Truthfully, I do not know.

I do know this: The same God who decided my late honored father would live ninety-six years of age; the same God who decided my late, honored grand-father would live one hundred years, is the same God who decided my brother would only live to forty-nine and Mr. Clemente even younger.

If we thank God for long lives, we should equally thank Him for short lives. And no, God has still not confided in me the criteria for life-spans.