At 2:39 A.M. Wednesday, December 16, 2009 my dear dad passed away and went home to be with Jesus. My mother, younger brother and his wife, my daughters, one son in love and I gathered around his bedside during the last hours of his life on this earth. We sang Amazing Grace to him…his favorite hymn, and Mom read passages from the book of Psalms. His departure was peaceful and without pain. I was blessed with the opportunity to sit and hold his hand during his final hours…I left nothing unsaid. I felt his last breath and heart beat. We were heartbroken because he will no longer be with us in body and thankful that his long fight with cancer was over.
We now await the arrival of our loved ones who live in far away places. They will begin to join us in our celebration of dad’s life and our farewell until we meet again late tonight and continue to arrive as late as Friday. We will have a grand reunion of loved ones here much like the one dear Dad will have in Heaven with loved ones who passed from this life before him.
He will be sorely missed. Nothing or no one can ever replace him. Praise God for the blessed hope we have through Jesus that we will see our beloved one again.
I love you, Dad. May you rest in eternal peace.
Until next time…
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:28-31




































