{"id":20379,"date":"2017-10-12T13:41:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T18:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=20379"},"modified":"2017-10-24T10:49:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T15:49:15","slug":"god-is-good-remembering-david-grotberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2017\/10\/god-is-good-remembering-david-grotberg\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;God Is Good&#8221;: Remembering David Grotberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20380\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Grotberg-oct17.jpg\" alt=\"The Grotbergs' mailbox\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Grotberg-oct17.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Grotberg-oct17-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Grotberg-oct17-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 6, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wacotrib.com\/news\/traffic\/baylor-student-cyclist-killed-in-hit-and-run-collision\/article_12502d37-0dab-5e2d-a372-b4923126778e.html\">the Baylor Family lost one of its own<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>David Grotberg, a sophomore Honors College student and member of the Golden Wave Marching Band, was riding his bike through Waco when he was struck and killed by an unknown driver, who fled the scene. That night, David\u2019s parents, Clark and Diane Grotberg, received a visit from local police that is every parent\u2019s nightmare. Upon learning of their son\u2019s death, Clark reflexively uttered the first words that came to mind:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod is good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just over a year has passed since that night, and David\u2019s family &#8212; both in his hometown of Fergus Falls, Minn., and on campus here at Baylor &#8212; say they\u2019ve seen God\u2019s goodness even in the midst of tragedy. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3qnggy6gxr8\">the powerful video<\/a> below, they share their story of how God has carried them through this time, and how the Baylor family has helped walk with them along the way. (The video is absolutely worth 12 minutes of your time; just make sure you have some Kleenex handy.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3qnggy6gxr8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Grotbergs have seen God&#8217;s goodness, in part, through the relationships that have grown between David\u2019s Minnesota family and his Baylor Family, a connection that prompted his dad to say, \u201cWe lost one child and gained 20.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many of David\u2019s professors and band leaders, representatives of the Baylor Parents Network, and Baylor chaplain Burt Burleson were among those who reached out to Clark and Diane immediately following the accident. In the days that followed, many\u00a0of David\u2019s friends followed suit, sharing stories and memories of the time they&#8217;d had together. Last summer, many of those friends traveled to Fergus Falls to spend time with David&#8217;s mom, dad and five siblings, building bonds that won\u2019t be broken.<\/p>\n<p>The friendships were a godsend in a time of pain, and the Grotbergs say the depth of those relationships has been a tangible source of God\u2019s comfort.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/alumni\/magazine\/1601\/index.php?id=944736\">READ a first-person account from a <em>Baylor Magazine<\/em> staff member about meeting the Grotbergs and hearing their story of love<\/a>.]\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Baylor) spoke to us about the Christian hope, the hope of the resurrection,\u201d Diane says. \u201cAnd I thought, these people are Christians. This isn\u2019t a place where they just say we\u2019re a Christian university. No, these people are living the Gospel, and they shared the Gospel with us in our deepest need. The Lord is restoring joy to us through Baylor kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although David is gone in person, his Baylor Family carries his spirit here on campus. One aspect of that is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/honorscollege\/index.php?id=937838\">David Grotberg Endowed Scholarship Fund,<\/a>\u00a0which was formed in David\u2019s honor after the accident to allow future Honors College students to carry on his legacy. A\u00a0Baylor benefactor is matching gifts up to $20,000 from now until Jan. 31, 2018. It\u2019s just one of the many ways people have supported the Grotbergs, providing them with comfort in the midst of pain that reminds them of God\u2019s constant goodness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf God was good yesterday and the day before, then He\u2019s good now,\u201d Clark says. \u201cIf He was good when David was here with us, safe and at home, then He\u2019s good even now. God is good, and God is with us, and David is with Him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Grotberg family!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You might also like:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2017\/05\/profs-caring-heart-led-this-bear-from-syrian-civil-war-to-a-baylor-degree\/\">Prof\u2019s caring heart led this Bear from Syrian civil war to a Baylor degree<\/a>\u00a0(May 2017)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2017\/02\/after-outpouring-of-support-david-grotbergs-family-creates-scholarship-in-his-name\/\">After outpouring of support, David Grotberg\u2019s family creates scholarship in his name<\/a> (Feb. 2017)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2016\/11\/amidst-personal-crisis-student-learns-the-true-meaning-of-baylor-family\/\">Amidst personal crisis, student learns the true meaning of \u2018Baylor family\u2019<\/a> (Nov. 2016)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Oct. 6, 2016, the Baylor Family lost one of its own. David Grotberg, a sophomore Honors College student and member of the Golden Wave Marching Band, was riding his bike through Waco when he was struck and killed by an unknown driver, who fled the scene. That night, David\u2019s parents, Clark and Diane Grotberg, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extraordinary-stories","category-faith","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}