God is good all the time….
He says in Matthew 7:20 that we can be known by our fruit.
What a beautiful celebration of life we had Friday….
It was just as she would have wanted….
It was scheduled to go from 4 to 8 pm….
We wrapped up about 9:30 pm….
My previous life would say, “the drinks must have kept flowing…..”
Friday, it was the love that kept flowing….
It was a beautiful display of her life through Faith, Family, and Fun….
She would have wanted it that way….
Although a traditional greeting line somehow formed, it was nothing close to traditional…
She would have wanted it that way….
Nearly every aspect of her life was represented that day….
Family, friends, Joy church, high school classmates, homeschool, Juice Plus community, Fortified Fitness, F45, C.A.S.T., and even New Frontiers…. where only her children have been…
The children had an amazing time….
It was a joy filled celebration….
That is how she would have wanted it…..
So many times I heard… I wish I had gotten to know her because her children are amazing….
Those people came to honor someone they did not directly know….
We can be known by our fruit….
I wish I was able to give each person more time….
It was so so powerful to see all the lives she impacted….
I wanted to learn more from every individual she influenced…
She inspires me more every day even with her spirit in heaven….
If it were my celebration of life, we would have had about 7 visitors….
She has inspired me to change that…..
Stop living for myself….
Start living ONLY for others….
The butterfly release was so incredibly peaceful, beautiful, and reflected her life so well….
Look at the smiles….
From everyone….
God was present the entire celebration….
His love flowed through everyone….
So many different facets of her life coming together as one…
She made such a difference when her spirit walked in this earth…
Her spirit in heaven with Jesus is going to be even more powerful..…
Through her fruit….
Her children….
Me….
She has forever changed me…..
I did not deserve her….
Someone to love me so well….
I thank God everyday that He put her in my life…
Even if for just 18 years….
She will forever change me….
She taught me how to be a husband…
A father….
A friend…
A follower of Christ…..
How to love the Lord….
How to live a life of giving….
She has so much more work to do….
In me…
I miss my healed wife…
She will continue to change me….
All because of the Hope we have in Jesus…
If you are reading this and don’t know of that Hope or have that Hope… please send me a message….
I would love to talk to you….
I don’t want you to go another day without Jesus….
This has been a beautifully horrible experience….
I am a peaceful wreck…
The beautiful and the peaceful are from Jesus…
Without Him it is horrible and I and a wreck….
I am declaring today….
That I will not move from the promise Jesus made to me! His Word is true, and His timing is right. Although the devil tries to use people and circumstances to move me, I refuse to be moved from what Jesus has promised me!
…..All the time God is good.