Death of a Young Adult

I will begin my sermon today talking about a horse. More specifically my focus will be a horse's name. The horse of which I speak is the one owned by Kim. I speak of that horse, not because Kim loved horses, although she did. I speak of that horse, not because Kim was an athlete, although she certainly was. I speak of Kim's horse because of the horse's name. Kim named him, "Kim's Wish Come True".

Kim must have named her horse with this unusual name because, in fact, the horse was a wish come true for her. Of course, I will not speak about the horse, but the fulfillment of Kim's wishes and a number of connections between this name and Kim's Christian life.

It was Kim's wish come true to be baptized. She was baptized on Sunday, October 30, 1977. She died just two weeks la…