Friday, February 05, 2010

Wake service - Thursday

Sharma started the service with a verse.

I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.

-John 11:25-

Uncle Philip spoke:

Science boast about discoveries and advancement. People live their lives in ways that shows they don't need God. Everything that needs to be discovered has been discovered.

But the virus slowly ate away Raymond's life.

And the doctors remained clueless as to what it was.

We have been praying. Hard. Everywhere, Christians from everywhere.

Because we know our only hope is God in this hopelessness.

In the end, we need God.



Raymond was a quiet man. A man of few words.

Yet in his sufferings, he never complained. He never question God.

His silence showed the unwavering faith and trust that he had in His God.

Mr. See always said this when Raymond was ill, "Just leave everything to God"

Would any of us have such courage and trust in times of tribulation and trials?


John 11:3
"Lord, the one you love is sick."

Even those God loves fall sick.

God loved Raymond.

And at his death bed, God was there in that very room, to take him home.

John 11:35
Jesus wept.

Jesus wept for a loved one.

Jesus is weeping now as he sees our grief, as he sees us weeping for the loss of a loved one.

God knows and understand.

Raymond's time on earth has ended and it was time to go home.

In the sweet by and by,

We will meet on that beautiful shore.


:-)

We don't say goodbye.


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