The news of
passing on of a friend or family is something that no one ever wants to hear or
even imagine being told. And yet, it is the most heart breaking news one can
ever hear. Forget being rejected or dumped by someone you loved (or thought you
loved), forget breaking your hand, finger, toe, nail….heck, none of this types
of pains can be compared to the pain of losing a loved one. When it keeps
hitting you that you shall never see them again, that you will never get to
laugh with them, to hold them, to touch them, to play games with them. You go
through countless messages and images that you shared with them. You replay the
voice messages and video notes. (By the way; those who say sijui we should not take photos of each and everything we do and of
everywhere we go; well, I wrote that mantra you live by on a paper, shoved it in a jar, sealed it and put it in NASA’s LunarProspector, and in case you have not checked; it is not coming down any
time soon. Not in the near centuries.) Some of these things are the one and at
times only way that we hold pieces of those who left us.
“Just as no human being has control over the wind to
restrain it, so also no human being has control over the day of his death. Just
as no one is discharged during war, so wickedness will not release those who
practice it.” Ecclesiastes 8:8 (ISV)
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“But when this perishable
will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on
immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "DEATH IS
SWALLOWED UP in victory."O
DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?" 1 Corinthians
15: 54-55(ISV)
So you go to an
open field, at the top of your lungs you ask “DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?” And
them, just then, you ask God to take the pain away, to make it stop hurting. And
you rise, you dust yourself and take a walk outside and say to yourself; “I
will not let this stop me. I will make them proud. I will live”
For you know too well what Isaiah
57:1-2 (NIV) says:
The Blessed Death of the
Righteous
The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart; And devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from evil, He enters into peace; They rest in their beds, Each one who walked in his upright way.
The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart; And devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from evil, He enters into peace; They rest in their beds, Each one who walked in his upright way.
And then you know that it is
well. It may take long to get to that point, it might take ages, maybe years;
but you do get there. For they are forever in your heart.
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'To live in the hearts of others is never to die. ' - Thomas Campbell
This post is in memory of all the
friends and family we have lost over the year (this year starting on a very sad
note of losing several friends). This is to them that left before us. Fare thee
well. Fare thee well. Till we meet again. May their souls rest in eternal
peace. Amen
Beautiful. They are forever in our hearts.
ReplyDeleteTrue Sharon...forever in our hearts. 'To live in the hearts of others is never to die. ' - Thomas Campbell
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ReplyDeleteTrue Papa efalin, 'To live in the hearts of others is never to die. ' - Thomas Campbell
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