Pleasant Places
It’s been one of those weeks, busy and happy, but yet another funeral. That makes two in the last week. Godly men, age appropriate but still leaving you thinking, “Hey! What’s going on??” While these things were going on, another dear friend miscarried, and a school acquaintance of my teenaged grandchild was killed on his e-bike. All this just reminds me again of the hope of Heaven, and wondering how anyone could bear them without that assurance. I wanted to share a memory of Tony’s dad’s home going. It was many years ago now, 2012. A lot of you remember him. He loved the Lord, he loved his wife, Jody, and every day he made an effort to love living, and keep serving. We were in Europe when the call came that he was having bypass surgery. We were due to be home in a couple of weeks anyway, but we changed plans and flew home to be by his side as he ‘recovered’. The operation seemed to go well, although we were not aware tha...