The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done as a Pastor - Part I

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The update to this....

Jenny is no longer at the bank - she went back to school and got her degree in nursing, and now serves, of all things, as a Hospice Nurse.

She also plays the piano in the Church where I am currently pastoring (she was there first ), and continues to do well. Her husband, Curtiss, left the Sheriff's Office and is now a Sergeant for the City Police.

[DesertBerean]

Thank you CP.

[Cow Poke]

Thank you CP.

Absolutely. A fellow tWebber had PM'd me reminding me of this from before the crash. Perhaps he'll pop in and comment. The original was 3 parts, but, apparently, the new Tweb has tighter word count controls.

[Sparko]

I merged your threads into one. You can make separate posts in one thread if you exceed the word count rather than making several threads

[princesa]

Thank you for sharing a part of you *hug*

[mossrose]

An absolutely amazing and moving story, dear friend. And a wonderful testamony to God's grace!

Thank you for sharing it with us again.

[Christianbookworm]

Why is it so sad, even when we'll see the person again in Heaven, when a person dies young? Because we still will miss them? I didn't know about this, thank you for sharing.

[mossrose]

It's sad when a person dies old, too.

We are selfish people, and this life is all we know. Heaven is our hope, of course, and we look forward to that with great joy, but it is hard to lose someone we love because we will miss that presence in our lives. We want to keep that person with us here, even though healing for that person may only come through death.

[Christianbookworm]

Indeed. So, when we mourn at funerals, it's mourning for us rather than the person who died? Don't know if I phrased that right. Awesome funeral though. Didn't know that they did that for death by natural causes, but I don't know what funerals for police officers looks like.

[Cow Poke]

Indeed. So, when we mourn at funerals, it's mourning for us rather than the person who died?

Yes, that -- and for the family of the loved one. Particularly when there are small children who don't understand this.

Don't know if I phrased that right.

Ya done fine.

Awesome funeral though. Didn't know that they did that for death by natural causes, but I don't know what funerals for police officers looks like.

Cops (and firefighters) are their own brotherhood. I think the Sheriff made the exception because of the fact that Blake did his best to report for duty at every opportunity, even as he was sick as a dog through chemo. He just wouldn't give up. That, and the fact that, as I mentioned, the Sheriff was a cancer survivor -- TWICE, and felt a kinship with Blake.