Anyone that knows me, would know that it is NOT like me at all to steer clear of anything that touches my heart. The death of Joey Martin-Feek on March 4, 2016 was more than I could deal with.

Here IS a beautiful, talented, young Christian Singer, Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister. She never hesitated to give ALL THE GLORY to GOD. For everything in her life, and she strived to be a fine example to all. Yet the Lord saw fit to call her home. She  was so young, too young. She left behind a baby girl, (Indiana Boon) a precious reminder to  everyone that she was here, and a part of her will now remain.

I know the Lord could have kept Indiana in Heaven, but He chose to share her with Joey for two years. He chose Rory and Joey for that little girl with Down syndrome. The LORD KNOWS what HE is doing, He knew the future, He knew the outcome of a terrible cancer diagnosis back in 2014.

Still, I have had a very difficult time with her death. I have followed her and her career since its inception. I have identified with her and Rory on more than a few points of life and I so much wanted her to be healed. For at least a couple of years.  Many people who walk this earth are filled with hate and anger towards others.

There is nothing on this Earth that will satisfy us.  Nothing.

Contentment is a difficult Horse to catch!!

We can’t be satisfied. Not out of greed so much as just because we are all hungry for something that cannot be found on this earth.  We plan trips, take them, and then start planning the next one. As a child, we think “oh, when I’m a teenager”, then we think “when I have kids”, and the “Someday…when I get a minute”, and the somedays never really show up. I believe that only God can satisfy and fill the void that sometimes plagues us. We can chase up and down every avenue in our own lives and believe that if we could just get that room finished, get the yard looking better, get those bills paid down THEN we would be happy and content. But it isn’t as true as we would like to feel it is.

I believe in God. I believe in the Bible. And all it says.  But I can’t begin to understand why He took Joey.  I am very touched and impressed with the way in which she left this world, and the way her family is going forward and walking through the painful battlefield of loss. I realize there are thousands of people in the world walking through troubled waters……we all do it. Its a part of living this Life, but it makes no sense to me.

And I will miss seeing Joey on her television show. I will forever miss the duo that she and Rory were, the love they shared that was so BEYOND real that it captivated you from the word go. They were the real deal, the authentic American love story, the country kids gone to Nashville but still kept their dirty farm boots on their feet.

Joey sang more beautiful hymns that I can name here, my recent favorite was Softly and Tenderly she recorded during one of her chemo treatments…and Precious Lord, Lead me home.

The Lord saw fit in HIS PLAN, on HIS TIME SCHEDULE, to lead Joey Home, a little earlier than we all wanted it to be. The sun hadn’t set yet, there was still daylight left to play in… but it was “Supper time, at Jesus’ house”.  And who could pass up that invitation?

I am grateful that JOEY MARTIN FEEK didn’t leave this world “an Unknown”…. because of her music was needed in this world to make it a better place, I am a different person, a better person.  I hope.