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October
16, 1999
down
in the family room, laptop on my lap, sleepless
Duff
a quiet, unknowing, companion
there
when I need
him but not certain why
needing
God I come alone to the couch
begging
for your life
upstairs
your children lie, unknowing
aware
that something is wrong
fearing
the worst, not expecting to receive it,
and
tomorrow their heavens will fall
Lord God may
You hold them
when
they learn how bad it is with you
how
can I sleep knowing you do not, your wife does not
and
tomorrow I must teach with you in mind
God is our
refuge and strength,
an
ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we
will not fear,
though the
earth give way
and the
mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its
waters roar and foam
and the
mountains quake with their surging.
There is a
river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy
place where the Most High dwells.
God is within
her, she will not fall;
God will help
her at break of day.
Nations are
in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his
voice, the earth melts.
The LORD
Almighty is with us;
the God of
Jacob is our fortress.
Come and see
the works of the LORD,
the
desolations he has brought on the earth.
He makes wars
cease to the ends of the earth;
he breaks the
bow and shatters the spear,
he burns the
shields with fire.
"Be
still, and know that I am God;
I will be
exalted among the nations,
I will be
exalted in the earth."
The LORD
Almighty is with us;
the God of
Jacob is our fortress.
I
ask our God why you, why now
no
answer comes, save that of my lesson
"Be
still and know that I am God!"
And as He is God I pray for you
In the early hours of Thursday, April 26, 2001
our dear friend, father, husband, and son, left
his earthly home to be present with our Lord.
We mourn his passing, rejoice in his salvation,
and anticipate the glorious day of our reunion.