A Time for Mourning.....

The Scriptures say there is a time for everything.

"There is a time for everything, 

       and a season for every activity under heaven:

 a time to be born and a time to die, 

       a time to plant and a time to uproot,

 a time to kill and a time to heal, 

       a time to tear down and a time to build,

  a time to weep and a time to laugh, 

       a time to mourn and a time to dance...."

Ecclesiastes 3:1-4  


The next couple of days is a time to weep....and a time to mourn...
a dear family friend has gone to be with the Lord...what a pillar in my childhood church he was!  He was a hard-working farmer....with a godly wife and 5 awesome children. He and his wife were dear friends of my parents.
2 of their children are dear friends of mine from youth group days when we were teenagers.We are all in our early 50's now!
These 2 women  have remained my friends over the years.

We have been through ALOT together. We just grieved the death of the daughter of one of them.....just back in Sept! Deb lost her daughter in 2008 but we couldn't get together until 2009... she lives down in Tennessee.  We reminisced, we cried, hugged, read/quoted Scripture, prayed, pigged out on awesome food, and kept in touch all these years by letters/cards and most recently by phone and facebook!

And now...they need me.
Their dad, this pillar in the church, died suddenly on Friday.
It was totally unexpected.  (heart attack after being given a clean bill of health the afternoon before from his cardiologist!!)

At any rate.....while I attend the funeral and help out with the reception afterwards, I will not be here in my own town.
So....I won't be blogging, either!
And on Wednesday, I will be celebrating 20 years of marriage with my beloved and packing for our trip to Cape Cod with our daughters.

For now......a time of mourning....
but soon....a time of dancing....knowing that Ed is dancing with Jesus.......

He is with us in our hearts and memories.....while we cling together and hold on to life.....while awaiting for our Eternal Lives.

Please keep me in prayer if you think of it, as I am helping out with the funeral reception on Tuesday and must travel alone as my husband has to work.  My oldest daughter will be managing our home that day!

I'll try to be back later this week....for now......

a reminder for all of us:  "Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for in You do I trust;  cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You."