I rejoice with your father this day as today he truly LIVES- no longer in this shadow of a world or in the pain and suffering of his disease but joy-filled, in the presence of God.
But, oh how I mourn with you and all of those who love him, as you must now learn to live without that grin and those sparkly eyes and those quirky things he was so fond of doing and saying that had you all chuckling at 'that's Dad for ya'.
There will be pain, at the most surprising moments and at the most obvious ones, and I will continue to pray for you, that as you traverse those waters, right alongside will be the laughter and joy of his memories and the hope you have in seeing him again.
He made this world more lovely. His deeds indeed do live on...in each of you.
I'm so sorry for you all.
"All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before."
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Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”
ReplyDelete“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.” (Revelation 14:13)
There is blessed hope in that promise.
I posted that passage at Abby's blog, and tried to post it here but failed the first time.
Yes, so much hope. Thank you for sharing, Rundy.
DeleteI rejoice with your father this day as today he truly LIVES- no longer in this shadow of a world or in the pain and suffering of his disease but joy-filled, in the presence of God.
ReplyDeleteBut, oh how I mourn with you and all of those who love him, as you must now learn to live without that grin and those sparkly eyes and those quirky things he was so fond of doing and saying that had you all chuckling at 'that's Dad for ya'.
There will be pain, at the most surprising moments and at the most obvious ones, and I will continue to pray for you, that as you traverse those waters, right alongside will be the laughter and joy of his memories and the hope you have in seeing him again.
He made this world more lovely. His deeds indeed do live on...in each of you.
I'm so sorry for you all.
"All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before."
This is beautiful, Rebecca. Thank you.
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