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In The Clouds

  “Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.” So shall it be! Amen.  It was just a few weeks ago that I attended  the funeral service of a near neighbour of ours. So I sat through the mass at our local RC church and the next day visited John's widow. We soon where in conversation and she said how John so wanted to be around for second coming of his saviour. He wanted to see his Lord coming in the clouds of glory.  I was rather a taken back at this, but then why should I be.  Friends we come together today, as a living testimony. To the Jesus of yesterday, today and forever. For in the words of Billy Graham, we are the people of the future. For we will see Jesus, so it is with anticipation we await his return. For there is joy in our hearts for we love him for who he is. As the hymn reads and as we do our spirits answer  to the blood and tell us we are b...
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LOOKING FOR HIM IN THE VALLEY

He spoke clearly and quietly, but then he always had done. Professional and controlled I suppose you would call it. So th is   was it, as he lent forward, the stillness of it  all  made it even more clear that this was no t to be a  casual conversation. So ,  it didn't take any amount of understanding, to know that when we where ushered into that small study, out of the ear shot of others. It would be bad news, how bad we where just about to find out. We had come to realise that good news was shared in the hospital corridor, but not this time, this time it was "we need to talk". I held Mary's hand; she griped mine, and her eyes like mine where filled with the signs of tears. How many of those we had shed or held back in the last few days I gave no thought to. We just sat there, listening and struggling. With thoughts that ought not to fill the mind. "Who will be at the funeral and what songs will we sing."? I had to make myself listen so that when he gave me...
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