Pearl Jeannette Gandy
As I looked at my memories for Facebook today I see where I posted about my mom going home to be with the LORD! (7162015) I am strong…I am determined…I am brave…I am loved…I am a Child of God…in these moments of sadness…I will let myself cry…and then I will release God’s peace and hope in my heart…we have all felt the pain of loss and we grieve…that is part of how God designed us, it is a natural process…Our Hope is in Him…our life is in Him…our help is in Him…and while I am sad today and miss my mom so terribly much…I know she is in a wonderful place…I am blessed to have had her with me for as long as I did…and you know what, it doesn’t matter how old you get…you still feel like a little kid at times and need a hug, a kind word and some TLC.
My mom wasn’t perfect…but she strived for perfection and to do what was right…
She lives on in her children and grandchildren and great grandchildren…and those to come…she failed many times in her life as we all do…but she didn’t take her eyes off the Lord…and if you were around her for any length of time…you’d know she was full of God’s love…I like to think that, that part of her has rubbed off on her children…I believe it has…we came from strong roots…and best of all…from the roots of Jesus…we may not all share him the same way…or live for him the same way…but the evidence of Him is in our DNA…and the prayers of my mama are eternal…her prayers are still being answered…God’s anointing flows deep within us…there is no escaping Him…oh we can rebel and disobey…but He loves us too much to let us fail…for those who draw close to his breath…will always breathe the prayers of salvation and his conviction will cause us to come to repentance and draw us closer…and closer to His presence…
Mama, thank you for your life and for living the second part of your life totally and completely sold out for Jesus; preaching, teaching, praying, abiding, lifting His name up. Thank you for your faithful prayers. Thank you for your mentorship and the legacy of living your life for God! Thank you for never giving up…
…I’m still here and while I’m here I will proclaim God’s great Love and share His life with others…because there is no greater name, no greater teacher, no greater love, no greater way or truth, than the Lord Jesus Christ…
Maybe you don’t believe…that’s OK…because Jesus believes in you and he will never give up on you.
His grace is sufficient…and one day…One day…every knee will bow and every tongue will confess…
That Jesus Christ is LORD!
But today…I’m writing this as a memorial to my Mom! This may have been the day she died…but it is also the day she gained life eternally in her heavenly home!! I am still on a journey in a far away place…a sojourner…a traveler through this time and space…it’s not my time to go home yet…so until then…
Thank you mama for being you! I miss you dearly. I see you everywhere I go…I feel you in my heart…I see you when I look in the mirror…and one of these days I will be with you…and we will run on the streets of glory…we will sing at the top of our lungs in the Angel Choir…we will fish in the Jordan river…we will even walk on the water…we will dance and twirl and laugh and talk and never ever get tired… We will rejoice in the presence of the Lord God almighty forever….Amen!
~Marla Shaw O’Neill July 16, 2018
1 Thessalonians 4:10-14 New Living Translation (NLT)
Indeed, you already show your love for all the believers throughout Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you to love them even more.
Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before. Then people who are not believers will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others.
The Hope of the Resurrection
And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.
Like this:
Like Loading...
