TODAY WE SAID GOOD-BYE TO OUR FRIEND, LEN.
A FEW DAYS AGO WE WELCOMED THE BABY JESUS AS WE CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS SO ATTENDING THIS FUNERAL REALLY BROUGHT TO MIND THE CIRCLE OF LIFE THAT EACH ONE OF US HAS OR WILL EXPERIENCE(ED) .
LEONARD IS THE BROTHER OF OUR DEAR FRIEND, LOUISE. LEN LOST HIS BATTLE WITH AN AGGRESSIVE BRAIN TUMOUR . OF COURSE I COULD NOT HELP THINKING OF MY SISTER , PAULA, WHO ‘WON’ HER BATTLE WITH THE MOST AGGRESSIVE BREAST CANCER THERE IS.
WE WILL NEVER KNOW WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE BLESSED WITH MORE YEARS WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHERS ARE BLESSED WITH AN EARLY JOURNEY TO HEAVEN.
I AM POSITIVE THAT LOUISE’S FAMILY PRAYED JUST AS HARD AS OUR FAMILY DID IN THE HOPES THAT OUR SIBLING WOULD LIVE.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A REASON THAT WE ARE HERE AND THAT WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN PATH TO HEAVEN. PERHAPS THE REASON ONE ACQUIRES AN ILLNESS IS ACTUALLY LESS TO DO WITH THE UNWELL PERSON (US) AND MORE TO DO WITH THE JOURNEY OF OTHERS CONNECTED TO THE PERSON WITH THE ILLNESS.
PERHAPS THEY ( THE CAREGIVERS) ARE ALLOWED TO BECOME BETTER PEOPLE BY CARING FOR THIS PERSON AND SHARING THEIR LOVE IN THIS WAY.
I KNOW FOR MYSELF I WOULD NOT TRADE MY SUFFERINGS FOR A PERFECTLY HEALTHY LIFE. THEY HAVE TRULY BEEN A BLESSING FOR ME …AND HOPEFULLY FOR OTHERS. THE ARTHRITIS THAT HAS LED TO MY MANY SURGERIES AND ‘LANDED ME’ IN A QUITE A FEW WHEELCHAIRS OVER THE YEARS ( I HAD MY FIRST OPERATION WHEN I WAS 2 YEARS OLD) HAS ALSO BROUGHT ME CLOSER TO OUR LORD.
WITHOUT THIS EXPERIENCE I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT HAVE BECOME A SONGWRITER/ARTIST AS I WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO HONE MY BUDDING CAREER AS AN ACTRESS . AND HOPEFULLY MY MUSIC HAS BROUGHT SOME JOY OR PEACE TO THOSE WITH WHOM IT HAS BEEN SHARED …..ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR ON OUR TRIP ACROSS CANADA. ( I CAN’T BELIEVE WE HAVE ALREADY PERFORMED 29 CONCERTS !)
IT APPEARS THAT LEN LIVED A LIFE THAT MATTERED. FOR ONE THING HIS LOVE OF MUSIC TOUCHED MANY HEARTS AND THE CHURCH WAS FULL TODAY.
AS IT SAYS IN MATTHEW 24:36 …” HOWEVER, NO ONE KNOWS THE DAY OR HOUR WHEN THESE THINGS ( DEATH) WILL HAPPEN…. ” . SO LET’S BE PREPARED. LET’S TRY TO LIVE A LIFE THAT MATTERS.
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