Reality Check
This evening, my Dad and I went to the viewing of our family friend who died on Wednesday night. We saw a lot of people there at the church, including friends who also knew Mrs. Searson. I got the detail of what had happened to Mrs. Searson. She had been doing very well from the surgery and the morning when she died she was "doing great" per the doctor. She suddenly went into renal failure, her BP dropped, and her breathing was labored. Drs did all they could, but God's timing was to take Mrs. Searson. I rejoice over the fact that she is with her Lord and Saviour as well as with her dear husband who passed away in 2004. Both couples were dear to our family and I've missed Mr. Searson a lot and now I terribly miss Mrs. Searson.
I was talking to a friend of ours who also knew Mrs. Searson for a good while. Mrs. Searson knew me since I was FOUR years old! FOUR! She's known me for over 20-some years. What a blessing she was to me when I was in and out of the hospital as a child and teenager, and even young adult. I was talking to this mutual friend of ours about Mrs. Searson and told her how it's going to be tough to really understand and let go to the fact that in this earthly life, we'll never see her again. I told her how after so many years of knowing her, you really don't expect something like this to happen. I mean, I know death is eminent for everyone, but you (or at least I) don't think of anyone who I have know for so long to every leave this earth. Does this make sense? It's a reality check for me and a reminder for me that all of us will one day slip away from this earth, and enter to either the arms of Jesus or the pit of Hell. I pray it is the former for all you readers, for knowing God is a blessing in and of itself. Mrs. Searson had been a good role model, a loving person to both her friends and family, and most of all, a Godly woman, seeking the pleasure of her Savior. I will miss her.
Homesick
by: Mercy Me
You're in a better place, I've heard a thousand times
And at least a thousand times I've rejoiced for you
But the reason why I'm broken, the reason why I cry
Is how long must I wait to be with you
I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
Help me Lord cause I don't understand your ways
The reason why I wonder if I'll ever know
But, even if you showed me, the hurt would be the same
Cause I'm still here so far away from home
I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
In Christ, there are no goodbye
And in Christ, there is no end
So I'll hold onto Jesus with all that I have
To see you again
To see you again
And I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
Won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
Won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
I was talking to a friend of ours who also knew Mrs. Searson for a good while. Mrs. Searson knew me since I was FOUR years old! FOUR! She's known me for over 20-some years. What a blessing she was to me when I was in and out of the hospital as a child and teenager, and even young adult. I was talking to this mutual friend of ours about Mrs. Searson and told her how it's going to be tough to really understand and let go to the fact that in this earthly life, we'll never see her again. I told her how after so many years of knowing her, you really don't expect something like this to happen. I mean, I know death is eminent for everyone, but you (or at least I) don't think of anyone who I have know for so long to every leave this earth. Does this make sense? It's a reality check for me and a reminder for me that all of us will one day slip away from this earth, and enter to either the arms of Jesus or the pit of Hell. I pray it is the former for all you readers, for knowing God is a blessing in and of itself. Mrs. Searson had been a good role model, a loving person to both her friends and family, and most of all, a Godly woman, seeking the pleasure of her Savior. I will miss her.
Homesick
by: Mercy Me
You're in a better place, I've heard a thousand times
And at least a thousand times I've rejoiced for you
But the reason why I'm broken, the reason why I cry
Is how long must I wait to be with you
I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
Help me Lord cause I don't understand your ways
The reason why I wonder if I'll ever know
But, even if you showed me, the hurt would be the same
Cause I'm still here so far away from home
I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
In Christ, there are no goodbye
And in Christ, there is no end
So I'll hold onto Jesus with all that I have
To see you again
To see you again
And I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
Won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
Won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
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