Friday, October 10, 2008
Take these words… And sing out loud, Cause everyone is forgiven now. Cause today’s the day your life begins again. And those you left behind don't need boxes wrapped in strings, Or designer love of empty things. Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days. We need someplace simple where we can live, absent from only what you could give. And that’s faith and trust and peace while we're alive. And the one poor child who saved this world… And there's 10 million more who probably could, If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them. Take these words… And sing out loud, Cause everyone is forgiven now. Cause today’s the day your life begins again. I rescued what I referred to as “The Gold Book” when I was a little girl (very much in your favor) from Hurricane Gene. I asked you for it every time I came to visit you and grandpa at your home in Lake County where you built, and lived your life. Here, where yours and grandpa’s legacy will live on in your hometown for generations to come. After all, you were a prominent community member of the founding of the city of Zion to say the very least. The book I rescued is titled “Apples of Gold”. I hadn’t seen it since I was a child. When I learned of your passing, I opened the book in search of memories, and answers. You wrote on the inside page, “To my darling name sake with love and best wishes, Grandma Rena”. You always referred to me this way. You obviously intended to give this book to me at some point, but it was I that found it in the aftermath of hurricane Gene. I did find answers! This book that I always read is in fact where much of my character has come from. It is full of good things and thoughts of how one should live life. What a revelation for me at this time in my life to have this answer. The gift of your son to be my dad was the driving force behind all I read in “The Golden Apple”. Thank you for the “Golden Apple”, and thank you for my dad! Isaiah 1:18 No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can remove it. I can make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you white as wool. I have no doubt that you; grandpa, uncle Scott and dad are reconciled with God and in his presence. John 14:1-3 “Don’t be troubled. You trust God, now trust me. There are many rooms in my Father’s home, and I am going to prepare a place for your. If this were not so, I would tell you plainly. When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am”. I am happy that you are now free. I expect to see you all when I pass, and until that day comes, send God’s peace to the hearts of those of us who remain. God Bless! Rena #2
