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Death and what it's all about....
Apr 09, 2010
Yesterday we had a memorial for my cousin Ricky who would have been 48 in June. It was a time of celebration though.He was born with Hydrocephalus and his parents were told he would not live to be 6. He had many seizures in his life. He had a gand mal when he was 14. They (the doctors) wanted to put him in a state hospital but instead his family moved in with his grandma and grandpa. My cousin Cheryl was living with them at the time. He was paralysised and was told that he would die. However, he fooled them AGAIN. He regained his strength, started talking and walking again. Granted he had a severe gate but he didn't let that stop him! He had to go through school again and he did graduate! He would try everything he could. He would not be left behind. When we were all caught smoking he was right there with us! LOL Oh, to think of the things he was capable of. His laughter was one that no one could mimic! He found joy in the simpliest of things. He loved life and everyone in it. When I see a handicapped person I can accept them for who they are because of Ricky. He brought a smile on your face and he loved life!
He was placed in a nursing home at the age of 18 or 19 because he had another grand mal and my uncle was just unable to care for him. However not a night went by when Uncle Jerry didn't visit him. He took him on road trips, out to eat (his fav a sandwich and onion rings). He earned an award in bowling. Like I said, he loved life and lived it to the fullest!
So now he has a new body...and he is probably running and laughing, sitting at the feet of our Jesus. And I can still hear his laughter! Thank you God for granting us having Ricky in our lives, for showing us that the simpliest things are joyful and how just to laugh at life.
The pastor compared to death and rebirth in a new home (heaven) as to a baby in the womb. We were created in our mother's womb and that's all we knew. When the birthing process started what does a baby think? Are they scared of what is coming? They are in that warm and secure place and then thrust into another world that is so foreign to them. That is the same with death. We know this life and become comfortable in it when we were created for more. This place is like a womb, a place of preparation and growth. Our true home is Heaven with the Father and His Son. Are you prepared for your new home?
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