Aunt Sally, you will be dearly missed. We love you so much and thank you for the love you've showed to our family every time we gathered. We rejoice that you now get to enjoy Jesus face-to-face and be reunited with Stacia, your parents, and so many other loved ones.
Uncle Paul, we are praying for comfort & peace from the Holy Spirit that surpasses all human understanding. We mourn with you as we feel the tremendous losses of David and Sally in these last few months. The ache is real. But we know God is Good. Thank you for loving others so well.
Stevan, Jess, Ella, & Ezra; we pray that you would feel a special presence from the Holy Spirit as you mourn. We pray for continued Spirit-led fruitfulness in your ministries. We love you and cherish you so dearly.
Sherilyn, we pray that Jesus brings healing in ways only He can. We pray the loss of your dear mom draws you into deeper communion with Him. We pray that these seasons of loss deepen your already amazing capacity to love others well and see the unseen in ways that reflect the heart of Christ.
We love you all so much and we're praying for you.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (NLT):
And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.
We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. So encourage each other with these words.
Uncle Paul, we are praying for comfort & peace from the Holy Spirit that surpasses all human understanding. We mourn with you as we feel the tremendous losses of David and Sally in these last few months. The ache is real. But we know God is Good. Thank you for loving others so well.
Stevan, Jess, Ella, & Ezra; we pray that you would feel a special presence from the Holy Spirit as you mourn. We pray for continued Spirit-led fruitfulness in your ministries. We love you and cherish you so dearly.
Sherilyn, we pray that Jesus brings healing in ways only He can. We pray the loss of your dear mom draws you into deeper communion with Him. We pray that these seasons of loss deepen your already amazing capacity to love others well and see the unseen in ways that reflect the heart of Christ.
We love you all so much and we're praying for you.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (NLT):
And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.
We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. So encourage each other with these words.