When God in His wisdom and love began writing the story of our lives, His plan was to author our lives within the the threads and bindings of family. However, we live in a fallen world and these things have been corrupted by our inadequacies. Since we are imperfect, some lives are written into leather bound families, some are paperbacks, and some are mere scraps held down by paperweights of pain and heartache.
I don't exactly know how to describe our family's binding. We've managed to keep a hard cover due to our faith in God and love for each other, but most of the time we're more like a comic book when it comes to content.
However, today is one of those times when our hard cover comedy finds a moment of sincerity. Our family has met together once again to bear witness to the consequences of a fallen world. My mother's sister fought multiple sclerosis for some 20 years before kneeling to it's final blow this week. So now we have gathered our family to mourn our loss and rejoice in her gain.
We would all do well to understand the reality of this world, we are all on loan. We like to pretend that we have control or ownership of the things and people in our lives, but the truth is that everything good in our lives comes from God. We're all His. So when He takes back the friends and family we strive so hard to hold on to, we need not feel wronged.
We mourn our loss but rejoice in my aunt's gain, for we have the hope of seeing her again. She has a relationship with her maker and Savior, Christ Jesus, in whom is eternal life. It is to Him we're thankful for the blessings of her life and we have great joy that my Aunt Nita has eternal rest from the battles she fought so long.
"The Lord's delight is in those who fear Him, those who put their hope in His unfailing love" Psalm 147:11
-Steve
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