Thoughts of Loss

Papa's brother passed into the portals of heaven last evening. It is bittersweet! He is enjoying the rewards of eternal life with Jesus Christ and we are still here striving to be more Christ-like even in loss. He was a very strong opinionated man, strict ethics, high morals and sometimes even legalistic. One of the qualities I admired about him the most was the legacy he forged in his children. The bible says our children qualify or disqualify us and well if you look at his off-spring they speak volumes of good stuff about their Dad. Papa always said his brother had excellent taste in women and I think that somehow filtered into my being picked to be Papa's wife. One of his best qualities was the ability to forgive even when he did not want to...in the end the Christ in him would win out and he would stop judging others and grant the priceless gift of forgiveness. May we all become better at this. We became family out of a difficult time but remained family out of personal choice on both sides to be accepted and loved. We will miss Ron, we loved him and we know he loved us! Our prayers for added grace during this season of transition for his immediate familyl.