Death of Family Friend

Just yesterday morning, a dear family friend died. This hit us hard. Her family has been quite close to us through the years. They were members of our church here in Florida (where I grew up and Daddy is Pastor) for many years. Then this lady's son in law (who grew up in our church here) became Pastor of a church and they eventually went there. Their grandson's wife is a close, close friend of mine.

This is just all very sad. Sis. H went into the hospital a couple of weeks ago with an infection that was never determined the cause. She eventually had a heart attack one night, another heart attack yesterday morning and died.

What struck me was that her daughter and son in law were here to visit Daddy this past week... the son in law came to not only visit Daddy but to work on a light that was having trouble in his room. They stayed a long time and never in their minds was the thought that their Mom/Mom-in-law would soon be gone.

What also struck me was that a few weeks ago, Sis. H of course knew of my Daddy's situation and never would have she known she would beat him to heaven. Wow. You just never know.

I must say I am glad that her funeral is being held at a different funeral home than is handling Daddy's viewing. (his actual funeral will be at church). I just don't know how I would handle that. After all, I passed by the funeral home last week, saw some mourners outside and bawled. I asked God to touch them, comfort them.

I do praise the Lord that tonight as I type this, Sis. H. is rejoicing in the presence of the Lord! That's great... sad for her family. They are surely devastated.