***Did she die when she was supposed to?***
My answer: Yes, because God is in charge of all things, even our death.
As tragic as this story is, there are thousands just like it every day. A man drowns while saving a cat in a river, a woman dies while driving her car, a man has a heart attack right next to the fire station and no one can help him, a baby is carried off by a lion in Africa, thousands die of cholera... I can pick any day and find stories just as tragic, but does that mean they didn’t die a minute earlier or later than they should have?
I figured that would be your response. “It was God’s will.”
I think I’ll just say that I have quite a different view of the nature of God than you (and probably different than that of most FReepers here, though I was raised Lutheran), so we’ll just leave it at that.
He has given us the power of choice. If you choose to eat crap, you will die before your "ideal" time.
"Be not deceived, God is not mocked, whatsoever a man sows, he shall reap..."
Later that same Deputy came by in a boat and said to the man on his porch "You need to evacuate", the man said "No I depend on the Lord to care over and protect me".
Later that same deputy came by in a helicopter and said to the man on his roof "You need to evacuate" the man said "No I depend on the Lord to care over and protect me"
When the man got to heaven he said to God "Why did you let me die? I asked and had faith in your protection!" God said " Gump,I sent you a car, a boat and a helicopter!"