January 31, 2013

I found this in my memories on Facebook from 2013. It's very difficult to loose a cousin especially suddenly.

"It is wonderful when cousins can be best friends, too. We have shared a lifetime of family and fun. I wasn't ready for you to leave but our plans are not always God's plans. Save me a place in the soprano section in Heaven's choir beside you and we'll sing for eternity just like we sang on earth. You will always be in my heart ! I loved you and I always will !"

We never know when our last breath will be drawn and we will be taken into our eternal home.

Back in 1984, I recall vividly having a day off from work. I had a nagging within me that I needed to forget what needed to be done at home; drive a few blocks and spend the day with my parents. So I busied myself with chores and the day passed; the girls were home from school and the thought of visiting my parents was but a memory.

The next day, my daddy was taken to the hospital where he had surgery. After being on a ventilator for eleven days, God called him home. Little did I know that when God nudged me earlier, I had forsaken a last visit with my daddy.

Never put off those "God Nudges"; learn what they are and listen to the small voice inside telling you what you need to do.

The bible speaks of the time when Christ will return but I think this verse could also apply to the time when God will call each of us Home individually.

But no one knows the date and hour when the end will be—not even the angels. No, nor even God’s Son. Only the Father knows. Matthew 24: 36 (TLB)

On January 31, 1984, God called and my daddy passed from earth to his Heavenly home.................