It is hard to believe that a year (4/22) has went by since the last time I held your hand. For the longest time I thought about the week leading up to the day you took your last breath. I have it written down on paper and in my heart. It was a time of sadness but also a time of seeing God’s everlasting love. The look on your face when you were seconds away from taking your last breath is something I will never forget. Your eyes had not opened in two days. We knew you were still fighting hard. We knew there was something you were not ready to stop fighting for. I knew it was all of us...your family and your friends. I knew it was that you did not feel that your job here was done on this earth. You told me on different occasions that we are here to go out and make disciples. Our purpose on this earth was to bring as many people as possible to Jesus. You did not feel like you were done with that mission. Your heart worried about the ones that were not yet saved. I could see this troubled you in our conversations leading up to this day. You named a handful of family and friends that you wanted to still reach. I could see that your heart was hurting for them and I told you that you have planted so many seeds in them. All it takes is a tiny mustard seed. What you didn’t realize is how many people’s lives you touched by shining the light of Jesus through your smile and your stunning personality. You never knew a stranger. I still see you here. I see you in the smiles of my kids. I see you in the smiles of my family. My sister, my nieces, my step mom, my aunt. I see you every time they smile or laugh. You brought so much laughter to our hearts. Your purpose here on this earth was fulfilled and it continues to be fulfilled. My life this past year has taken me into a deeper relationship with our God. He is showing me things that I did not know I was capable of. My relationship with Him has become more intimate and I finally see what that purpose is. I see that purpose that you helped instill in me from the beginning. You are the one who I owe the credit to for always talking to us about Jesus. You planted that seed at a young age and even when we were older and it got harder you still watered that seed. In Matthew 28 Jesus tells His disciples what their mission is once He is gone. He says, “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20. That moment right before you opened your eyes and took your last breath on this earth I saw a peace that came over you like never before. I knew that you were coming face to face with your King and I knew exactly what He was welcoming you into. “ Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness! There is no doubt in my mind that this day, a year after your Heavenly entrance, would fall at Easter. He is RISEN and because of His great love we will be reunited again. Keep sending those BLUE BIRDS Dad. Abigail knows when she sees a blue bird it is a whisper from Heaven from you. When she sees a red bird it is from Nana. We love and miss you but praise God that we will be reunited with you again. Hallelujah 🙏
Let His light shine !
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:6