When we are weak he is strong...
The people of my small church family
are grieving the loss of our Pastor Rod, an amazing man of God.
He passed through the pearly gates of Heaven yesterday
after fighting the battle of cancer with all his strength.
It has been a hard day and is a continual struggle but we are all in this together and have a King like no other...
We miss you already Pastor and will forever miss you.
Thank you for the faith and hope you have brought to the people you knew and even to the ones who maybe just knew you.
You will be remembered
I don't know for sure what was going through Pastor's head the days that he laid in bed and couldn't communicate, but I love to believe that God was telling him a story. The story of what is going to happen to our lovely church and every single person in it... a story that made Pastor excited to go to heaven, to be with the Lord, so he could see the story become a movie.
I believe that Jesus was sitting right there whenever one of us stopped in and was saying, "And do you want to know what is going to happen with Steve.
OH !!! and Nick I have got big things planned for him
and Jackie don't worry I got her, she will be fine, there is no one better then me to wipe her tears away."
I believe that Pastor heard every last word even though he couldn't communicate back...
sometimes
you
just
have
to
listen...
We didn't want to lose Pastor but
man did God get one of the best
and as I look back at all my prayers
for Pastor
when he was sick, now I notice that
I always just prayed that Pastor would be healed and that Jesus would keep him alive and save him today...
but don't get me wrong I wanted Pastor to be at the front of the church again
I wanted him to be the pastor at my wedding one day, sounds funny but I've thought about that already and he was always there...
I notice now that that was my idea and my way to keep myself going
and God has his...
I realize now that God did heal him
God did save him
God did keep him alive
just not the way I pictured it
but the way I picture things is not the way God does and God's picture is much, much clearer then mine
and for that I praise the Lord
He has bigger plans
and he will keep us all together down here
with another angels help
an angel I am proud to say i knew.
-Pastor Rod-
The people of my small church family
are grieving the loss of our Pastor Rod, an amazing man of God.
He passed through the pearly gates of Heaven yesterday
after fighting the battle of cancer with all his strength.
It has been a hard day and is a continual struggle but we are all in this together and have a King like no other...
We miss you already Pastor and will forever miss you.
Thank you for the faith and hope you have brought to the people you knew and even to the ones who maybe just knew you.
You will be remembered
I don't know for sure what was going through Pastor's head the days that he laid in bed and couldn't communicate, but I love to believe that God was telling him a story. The story of what is going to happen to our lovely church and every single person in it... a story that made Pastor excited to go to heaven, to be with the Lord, so he could see the story become a movie.
I believe that Jesus was sitting right there whenever one of us stopped in and was saying, "And do you want to know what is going to happen with Steve.
OH !!! and Nick I have got big things planned for him
and Jackie don't worry I got her, she will be fine, there is no one better then me to wipe her tears away."
I believe that Pastor heard every last word even though he couldn't communicate back...
sometimes
you
just
have
to
listen...
We didn't want to lose Pastor but
man did God get one of the best
and as I look back at all my prayers
for Pastor
when he was sick, now I notice that
I always just prayed that Pastor would be healed and that Jesus would keep him alive and save him today...
but don't get me wrong I wanted Pastor to be at the front of the church again
I wanted him to be the pastor at my wedding one day, sounds funny but I've thought about that already and he was always there...
I notice now that that was my idea and my way to keep myself going
and God has his...
I realize now that God did heal him
God did save him
God did keep him alive
just not the way I pictured it
but the way I picture things is not the way God does and God's picture is much, much clearer then mine
and for that I praise the Lord
He has bigger plans
and he will keep us all together down here
with another angels help
an angel I am proud to say i knew.
-Pastor Rod-
beautiful again, Maria. It was funny, last night I couldn't stop crying because I was so sad that Pastor wouldn't be able to do my wedding. That is obviously so small compared to where he is, but neat that we think the same things. Love you.
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