Stephen's grandmother, Gang Gang, is not doing well. Her health is failing and she has been taken to a hospice house today. We have been told they expect her to live another two to four weeks.
I wish I could be half the woman she has been. Her children and grandchildren praise her and remember vividly how much she loves them and how much she loves Jesus. Stephen's Aunt Kathy wrote this several days ago, hoping to post it in her mom's room at the nursing home: http://orphangirl7.blogspot.com/2009/07/thank-you-to-my-mother.html
(If you didn't click on the link, go back and do it. Trust me, it's worth it!)
When I met Gang Gang for the first time I remember sitting with her on a porch swing at the lake talking about how good God is and about all the wonderful things He's done and allowed us to be a part of. She was always talking about Jesus and singing hymns to Him. She just loves Jesus so.
I was looking at her frail body last night and just thinking about how cruel this life can be. I then started to remember that indeed Gang Gang's many godly deeds here on earth will have been forgotten, but by then she will be with her Savior, who won't ever forget the love she has shown for him. Martha Fowler is about to be in the presence of the Most Holy God, the One Who Is, the One Who Was and the One Who Is To Come...for all of Eternity. We can confidently tell our children that she is in the very place she was created to be. She has been redeemed. We have all been redeemed and one day our bodies will fail us, but God will not. I wish I could see Gang Gang's face when she looks into His eyes for the first time. For now I'll have to just imagine the reuinion.
Father, thank you so much for redeeming us and finishing the greatest love story of all time with an ending we cannot even fathom. Thank you for making everything beautiful in its time. You are my dearest love. Thank you for being The Everlasting. Amen
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