To Everything There is a Season
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-2a: "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die..." Amazing that Solomon would begin this favorite chapter reminding us that life starts...and life ends! I went to the funeral of a friend last night. She was only 5 years older than I am...and I believe she died of a broken heart. Her heart was broken because the man she had loved for over 35 years had gone to heaven eight weeks ago and she felt she just could not cope in this world without him. The stress and fear of living without her partner was too much for her. She just wanted to go to sleep and wake up with him...and with her Savior. The funeral was beautiful. Young people shared music and poetry. Family members sang of the God that their sister and mother had loved. A former pastor sent a beautiful letter of remembrance and was so spot on with what he said about Jamie and her ability to make people feel welcome. I