In a moving blog post, Blackburn writes, “My story is not one of tragedy. Does it contain a tragedy or two? Absolutely. And so does your story. And so will all of our stories. But whom we choose to let have the pen determines how our ending is written.”
Amanda, he adds, would likely have this message for her loved ones: “Be careful not to focus on the things in your story that have no bearing in eternity. Stop getting stuck in what once was. Don’t get distracted by the minutiae or the noise. Keep living your story. Keep leaning into His story as it propels you forward into hope. … A pre-requisite to rich love is deep loss. [The Lord] will show up and bring these redemptive purposes to fruition, and then you’ll know He cares for you! To Him, this is personal.”
