Since December 21, 2017 I have known 8 people who have passed away. In only 4 weeks. That's an average of 2 a week. Staggering statistics if you think about it.
Out of the eight people I knew six of them were ready to meet the Lord. I'm not sure about the other two but God knows. I want to talk about my ex-mother in law Furn today.
I haven't been married to her son for over 30 years, yet I was able to reconnect with her a couple of years ago when she got sick with cancer a second time. I would run into her at the store over the years and chitchat about little things. But when the cancer returned, my ex-husbands wife Deborah called me. We talked and I told her to give Furn my number if she needed anything.
A few months went by and I didn't hear anything. But one day, I received a call from her asking me to come over to her home. Of course I would come.
You see, Furn was brought up in church. She knew the Truth. Her parents made sure their children knew the Truth from a young age. Furn grew up and met her husband Sam and married, had children and hardly went to church again.
I went to visit with her a few times, she was tired from her last round of Chemotherapy but in good humor. Until one day she was upset about dying. Sam called me to come over, so of course I went.
She was laying on the couch sleeping when I arrived. I got on my knees beside the sofa and touched her. She awoke and smiled. I asked her what the matter was. She said she was scared of dying and she wanted to make sure her soul was right with the Lord. It was such a PLEASURE to lead her to the Lord that day she was 70 years old.
This past Easter, Furn wanted to be baptized. Two of her children live out of state so she decided to be baptized on Memorial Day 2017 in her front yard. She was to ill to be put into the water for a full immersion so she sat in a chair in front of her church family and her children. With a gallon of warm water, I poured the water over her head and soaked her from head to toe. She was so happy that day. Her daughters took her in to get her changed and dried. It took a lot out of her, but she was glad she made it.
Father's Day came right after, Sam came to church with her that day. She was radiant. And time passed. I would call and go over to visit.
At Thanksgiving her children ALL came to visit. She was headed downhill. They were worried but happy that she was a Christian. A couple of weeks passed and she was in bad shape. The kids came down the week before Christmas where Furn slipped into a coma. With her children and husband surrounding her she let out a Victory Roar as she left this life and walked into the next with the Lord on December 21, 2017.
Furn will be missed by many. She is missed by me. I know that one day I will see her again when the Trump of God sounds and the dead in Christ shall rise then we who are remain will be caught up together to be with the Lord.
