Mac
I am on my way back
from Las Vegas and participating in the funeral service of my friend Jimmy Mac
McNamara. Please remain in prayer for
his family and friends, he will be severely missed.
It seems appropriate to remind
you that 1Thes 4 tells us that we do not mourn like the rest of the world
does. Notice it does not say; we do not
mourn. We do mourn; we are emotional
beings, made that way by our creator.
Not to mourn or to act as if everything is just great is to deny the
reality of a situation. Even Jesus wept
when He lamented over Jerusalem during the “Lazarus Incident”. So by all means mourn your losses. But do not mourn like the world does – as
those who have no hope. I have the hope
that I will see Mac again along with all the other Christian people that have
died before me. Those who love me and
die after I do have the hope that we too will be re-united (an all our dogs
too).
I also remind myself that the
instant Mac closed his eyes on this side of eternity, he opened them on the
other – and saw Jesus. I do not believe
for a nano-second that God took Mac away from us because God had some need in
heave and only Mac could fill that need and God could not wait. You would be surprised how many times I have
seen a post like that on Facebook this past week (I broke my sabbatical for
this occasion). How many times do we
read in the Bible that our lives are like a vapor? In light of eternity, Mac’s 63 years is the
span of a scratch compared to the entire length of HWY 80. Heaven really can wait. No I do not believe that God took my
friend. I know however that Jesus was
there to welcome him into His eternal presence.
I also know that all of Mac’s concerns, tears, aches, pains, etc. are
gone. I do not wish Mac would come back
to us – he is truly in a much better place.
No, in the words of David in 2Samuel 12:23, I will go to him, he will
not return to me.
In the meantime, I miss my
friend, and I thank God I have such a friend to miss.
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