Tim Russert was known as the King of Washington DC. The reason was his affable personality which wrapped around his keen love of politics, his brilliance, and his love for country and family. He loved his son Luke and wife Maureen deeply and of course his Dad, "Big Russ," whom he wrote best selling book about in 2004. Luke said that "Meet The Press" was his Dad's second son, a program that Russert took to such heights that it was the High Church of Sunday Morning Political Talk. An appearance on Meet The Press was both a rite of passage and a test of one's nerves, mind, and ambition. Perhaps John McCain's comments after one of Russert's grillings said it all, " I haven't enjoy anything as much since my last interrogation." Referring to the torture he endured in the Hanoi Hilton. Tim was a greatly loved man because he loved greatly. The outpouring of emotion and praise has matched any figure who has left us in recent years. Russert loved politics, he was just getting warmed up for the upcoming election, it was his Super Bowl and he was ready. He also was a devout Catholic, a product of a Jesuit education, he prayed for people, he loved them and particularly their children. It can be said, this was a good man, the finest.  My question and many people's question is, "Why would God take Tim in his prime, when he was such an important cog in the system that determines who would lead the free world?  Why not so many others who are not really needed right now like Tim is needed. He served such an important function in the political process. Every day people who are important to other people leave us, they are struck down in seemingly random ways. A mother is killed in an auto accident, a son falls to his death off a staircase, a much needed pastor or leader loses a battle with cancer. And it just doesn't seem right and makes no sense. The words of Isaiah come mind when he was speaking of the hereafter, " Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together. The Lord has spoken!  A voice said  "Shout!" I asked, "What should I shout?"  " Shout that people are like the grass. Their beauty fades as quickly as the flowers in a field. The grass withers and the flowers fade beneath the breath of the Lord. And so it is with people. The grass withers and flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever."  Isa. 40:5-8 NLT God's living word is Jesus, and the bible's teaching and its promises will abide forever. " I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me will never die."  Tim Russert is not dead, his body has been left behind, but he has gone on. May he live and reign in peace.  Tim knew this, he believed it, now he is experiencing it. God is utterly committed to setting the world right in the end. I am sure Tim will be reporting that with great glee.