My God! Why?

This sermon was preached at the memorial service for a fourteen-year-old girl who was killed in an automobile accident involving teenage drinking.

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

The tragic death which brings us together today weighs heavily on all of us. A young life so rich in promise has been cut short - a young life that in some ways was closely bound up with our own. Tina was a daughter, a sister, a granddaughter, a niece, a classmate, a neighbor and a friend.We come together at this time for various reasons.

We come, first of all, to pay tribute, to take time to remember Tina, who has touched our lives to varying degrees. We show our respect and affection in these moments for a loving and lovable girl with a winning smile who has walked…