I should be asleep, but feel that this blog is very important. Let me start off by saying...Happy Thanksgiving!!! We have so much to be thankful for, even in the darkest of times. I am sad for Nate and his family because his beloved Grandpa Ralph went home to be with the Lord unexpectedly today. I sometimes don't understand why there has to be so much death and sorrow...however, how can we not be hopeful when we have so much to look forward to? Christ died so we might have life and have it abundantly! Yes, there is sorrow, and pain, and heartache, and tears, but a day is coming when that will no longer be the case. Praise God for that! Revelation 21:4 says, "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." What a beautiful promise we can cling to in knowing that our hope is in Christ! So...the reason for this blog is that even though we have hope, it is still hard being here on earth without the ones we love. Holidays are especially difficult so I ask that you please remember those you know who have lost loved ones who might be having a hard time right now. I also ask that you lift up the following families of these loved ones:
Grandpa Ralph (Nate's grandpa) ~ 1929 - 2008 ~ 79 yrs. old
Justin Jeffries (my childhood friend/classmate) ~ 1981 - 2008 ~ 26 yrs. old
Esther Martinez (friend's mom) ~ passed away in 2007
Lenny Wright (Nate's cousin & friend) ~ 1985 - 2006 ~ 21 yrs. old ~
Kevin Brown (my cousin) ~ 1979 - 2006 ~ 27 yrs. old
Tommy Morrel (childhood friend's brother) ~ 1979 - 2005 ~ 26 yrs. old
My daddy ~ 1944 - 2005 ~ 60 yrs. old
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