Dear all,
After a very meaningful and comforting visit from my parents' pastor from North Carolina today, and after a day of sitting together, some praying, some singing, some remembering and some agonizing over the process, my Dad slipped from this life to the next at about 5:30 this evening. It doesn't feel real yet...what a strange mixture of having had time to see this coming with the reality of cancer, while feeling completely taken off guard. I'm sure many of you have also been through this!
I had brought the grandsons along for our visit this afternoon, and Mom went out to play with them while I said goodbye to Dad. I talked to him and sang...in so much silence while his breaths were getting far apart:
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace.
Then, just barely after having left the parking lot, Mom called that he had gone.
Oh, it is hard to say goodbye, and we are very sad. But we do not mourn as those without hope...because of Jesus, there is a place prepared for my Dad, and better a day in His house than a thousand elsewhere. Comforting religious notions at times like these, or a certain reality? I urge you, as my Dad would have, to seek that answer!
'Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.' I Corinthians 15:55-
'For all have sinned and and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.' Romans 3:23-
There will be a memorial service in North Carolina, and my sister and I and the boys will be traveling there soon. Our plans are not ironed out just yet, but my mom or I or Deb will be sending notice of the service as that rolls into place. I'll wrap up the 'updates' now...after saying a final THANK YOU for your prayers, your love and concern, acts of service, and continued prayer especially for my Mom as she adjusts to changes.
With much fondness,
Amy
After a very meaningful and comforting visit from my parents' pastor from North Carolina today, and after a day of sitting together, some praying, some singing, some remembering and some agonizing over the process, my Dad slipped from this life to the next at about 5:30 this evening. It doesn't feel real yet...what a strange mixture of having had time to see this coming with the reality of cancer, while feeling completely taken off guard. I'm sure many of you have also been through this!
I had brought the grandsons along for our visit this afternoon, and Mom went out to play with them while I said goodbye to Dad. I talked to him and sang...in so much silence while his breaths were getting far apart:
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace.
Then, just barely after having left the parking lot, Mom called that he had gone.
Oh, it is hard to say goodbye, and we are very sad. But we do not mourn as those without hope...because of Jesus, there is a place prepared for my Dad, and better a day in His house than a thousand elsewhere. Comforting religious notions at times like these, or a certain reality? I urge you, as my Dad would have, to seek that answer!
'Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.' I Corinthians 15:55-
'For all have sinned and and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.' Romans 3:23-
There will be a memorial service in North Carolina, and my sister and I and the boys will be traveling there soon. Our plans are not ironed out just yet, but my mom or I or Deb will be sending notice of the service as that rolls into place. I'll wrap up the 'updates' now...after saying a final THANK YOU for your prayers, your love and concern, acts of service, and continued prayer especially for my Mom as she adjusts to changes.
With much fondness,
Amy
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2 comments:
Amy, your poise and grace as you write are astounding. I'm so sorry for your loss and I'm grateful for our Lord and His face... how thrilling for your dad to gaze there right now! Much love to you and your mom and sister at this time.
Amy,
Ron and I are so sorry for your loss. Thank you for your testimony during this difficult time. What a blessing that we do not mourn "as those who have no hope"! We'll be praying for you and your family...
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