i don't really like death.....
....well actually that is not entirely true. sometimes i think death and funerals and all that can be a very good thing but sometimes death just plain out sucks.
here is why i am lamenting death. i had a funeral on saturday for a dear old man- that was fine, nice celebration of a great life indeed. but immediately after the service i went to the house of a young couple in our church to talk about the service for their three year old daughter who died last wednesday. that is the kind of death that just sucks.
tonight was the reviewal for the immediate family and friends. it is so unconceivable for me to think about losing my own children- just cannot even fathom it. the parents of little kealee howver are doing an amazing job of dealing with all of this- claiming that their faith gives them the peace they need. i am amazed and humbled at their faith. and know that the only thing that will get them through this is the promise of the resurrection. thanks be to god for that promise and gift.
please pray for julie, chris and the entire family of kealee andersen. also please pray for the advent community as we try to be the community they need us to be as they grieve, mourn, and begin to live a life without their daughter.
i realize this is all ramble, but i just needed to get it down, and ask for your prayers.
thanks
here is why i am lamenting death. i had a funeral on saturday for a dear old man- that was fine, nice celebration of a great life indeed. but immediately after the service i went to the house of a young couple in our church to talk about the service for their three year old daughter who died last wednesday. that is the kind of death that just sucks.
tonight was the reviewal for the immediate family and friends. it is so unconceivable for me to think about losing my own children- just cannot even fathom it. the parents of little kealee howver are doing an amazing job of dealing with all of this- claiming that their faith gives them the peace they need. i am amazed and humbled at their faith. and know that the only thing that will get them through this is the promise of the resurrection. thanks be to god for that promise and gift.
please pray for julie, chris and the entire family of kealee andersen. also please pray for the advent community as we try to be the community they need us to be as they grieve, mourn, and begin to live a life without their daughter.
i realize this is all ramble, but i just needed to get it down, and ask for your prayers.
thanks
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about 2 weeks ago i went to a funeral for a stillborn baby. she was born 9 or 10 days before her due date. the mother is 18 and she and the father (18) had put the baby up for adoption. the adoptive parents and the birth parents have been in constant contact for about six months now. only a handful of people knew the mother was pregnant (in fact a number of folks in her family didn't know).
at the funeral the adoptive father spoke about the hope that had been given to them by the promise of new life - a new life that didn't materialize in this world.
i think that was the toughest funeral i have ever been to because it all seemed so pointless for a child to go through all of the struggles of staying current with freshman year college courses (online), keep a number of people in the dark about the pregnancy, work to find a good home for her baby, and then to lose the baby.
i saw the mom this weekend at her cousin's wedding and she seems to be a shell of her former self and i wonder if she will ever again be the vibrant woman she was on the verge of becoming when she found out she was pregnant.
j - my prayers are with you, julie, chris and their family.
Posted by
Leland |
11:32 PM
You've been tagged, cuz you need to blog. miss you!
Posted by
~moe~ |
2:37 PM
Justin! pleasant surprize to see you back in the blogging world. Now if you would just post something on your own blog.
You seem to take up weightier topics than I. Hence your last post on death and my last post on Roman Numerals. But I like being challenged by what you write. No pressure.
Oh, and by the way. Totally didn't get the trivial pursuit question right. Had no idea what D was.
Hope all is well with the new church. My prayers are ever with you.
Posted by
Karen Elizabeth |
5:53 PM
Justin! pleasant surprize to see you back in the blogging world. Now if you would just post something on your own blog.
You seem to take up weightier topics than I. Hence your last post on death and my last post on Roman Numerals. But I like being challenged by what you write. No pressure.
Oh, and by the way. Totally didn't get the trivial pursuit question right. Had no idea what D was.
Hope all is well with you and the church. My prayers are ever with you.
Posted by
Karen Elizabeth |
5:54 PM