SERVICE FOR MY WIFE

 

SERVICE FOR MY WIFE

Today is the day that we honor my wife at a service at our church along with a very small service at the place where she will be laid to rest.  The service last evening went well as many had the time to talk about the things that they remembered about my wife which was meaningful to all who were there. 

I realize that me speaking in front of a crowd is something that I am not use to, but I have to give tribute to my wife of 53 years, a wife that was one that knew the Lord and also served Him in wonderful ways.  I will now quote from how I will give tribute to her.

MY TRIBUTE TO MY WIFE SANDY

I want to talk about some of the things that Sandy really excelled in and there were many things.  I have always said that Sandy is the smartest person that I have ever known.  Let me begin by saying that the greatest thing that happened to Sandy was becoming a born-again believer sometime in April of 1974, and that met that we were both born-again believers in Jesus Christ that really caused are marriage to go in the right direction.  She was very serious about her faith as can be seen by the journals that she wrote in.  (Picture)  Sandy loved her family very much and was a devoted mom in raising our children. (Picture)  She loved horseback riding which we did on different occasions whenever we were on vacations. (Picture)  Another thing that she really liked to do when she got the chance was to snorkel and she snorkeled in some pretty wonderful places, like Aruba, the Bahamas, Mexico, and Hawaii.  (Picture).  She even took one lesson in Florida to scuba dive, but because of a problem with her ears that did not work out.  Sandy and I lived in Aruba for about nine months, and we had an apartment that was right on the beach.  I would get up in the morning to go to work and a little while later she would get up and head out into the Caribbean.  If she did not go there, she would go and take pictures of the wildlife.  It took her a while to get enough courage for her to drive in Aruba as driving down there was a new way of driving. 

Let me now talk about how Sandy would wash her clothes, and the reason I mention this is because she had clothes that were 20 years old and they looked almost the same as when she bought them.  I spoke about her taking pictures and that was another thing she did very well especially while she snorkeled as her photo albums were full of underwater pictures.  When Sandy’s parents were older, she would always take care of them in ways like celebrating their birthdays. (Picture) 

I now want to touch on her ability to take pain.  In our closet at home are many high potent pain pills that she got after her surgeries and not one pill has been taken by her.  Both of our children were born naturally without any pain medicine given to her, and that to me is amazing. 

I could go on and on about the things that Sandy could do well, things that as I look back warm my heart with these great memories, things like reading Christian stories by different authors she liked as she went to the Library and get these books and always had one for her to read.  I can hear her now when we were in the car to make sure we stop at the library to drop off one of her books.

I am thankful most for the plan that God had for our family, how he led us and cared for us, for we certainly were heading in the wrong direction after we first got married, and then the Lord changed the direction of our lives completely around, something that we really did not ask for, but something God had planned before this old world was even created.  This gives our family the great assurance that Sandy is in heaven with our Lord Jesus Christ and getting to know again those believers who passed on before her.  My hope and my prayers are for those who have not come to a saving knowledge in Jesus Christ is that the Holy Spirit will touch your heart so that you too can understand what it means to be a born-again believer in Jesus Christ, so you too can have that hope that Sandy had and not fear death but look forward to being in heaven someday. 

Now before I finish this little tribute to my wife, I want to share something that showed her selflessness. While we were living in Aruba the people we were renting from would send a cleaning lady to clean our apartment.  Well if you knew my wife you would know that she certainly did not need a cleaning lady.  This gave her the opportunity to talk to this lady.  She became well accounted with her and I know that this blessed both of their hearts.

In conclusion I have to say that I will miss my wife very much, but I know that she would not come back to this sin-cursed world even given the chance.  I know from the promise of Scripture that I will see her again when the Lord comes at the rapture or when He takes me home.

I have asked Becky Gravely to sing a song that the Lord has used to keep our family together through this very difficult time that we are going through.  “He Giveth More Grace.” 

Allow me to read 2 Corinthians 12:9 “⁹ And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.”

 

 

 

 

My wife's services

 

Today begins the most difficult two days that I will ever go through, and that is to have a couple of services to honor my wife, and my prayer that will bring glory to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  A group of family and some close friends will meet at the funeral home to do this, to tell stories of how Sandy has effected their lives, and to praise the Lord, knowing that Sandy is in heaven with her Lord Jesus Christ, as He is the One who paid for her sins when He died on the cross almost 2000 years ago.  What a privilege for her to meet the Lord and also to see other believers she knew who passed on before her.  My prayer is that these services we have for her will bring comfort to all of our family, and also will bring glory to the Lord, and even cause some to realize that they are in need of the Savior too.

I, and my family need the wonderful words that Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 12:9:  “And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness,”  Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weakness, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.”

Info On My Wife's Service.

 

INFORMATIONON ON MY WIFE’S SERVICE

I have mentioned that the reason that I am not posting SD’s on my blogs is because of the many things that are going on with the arrangements that have to be taken care of the services that will be going on with my wife’s death.  She past away last Wednesday at 936 in the morning with myself, my daughter, and my son at her side.  I will say that God has certainly given abundant grace to our entire family, and for that we all are thankful.  I will once again post the song that the Lord has given to us as we go through this most difficult time in our lives.

He Giveth More Grace

1. He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater,
   He sendeth more strength when the labors increase;
   To added afflictions He addeth His mercy,
   To multiplied trials, His multiplied peace.
2. When we have exhausted our store of endurance,
   When our strength has failed ere the day is half done,
   When we reach the end of our hoarded resources
   Our Father’s full giving is only begun.
3. Fear not that thy need shall exceed His provision,
   Our God ever yearns His resources to share;
   Lean hard on the arm everlasting, availing;
   The Father both thee and thy load will upbear.
4. His love has no limits, His grace has no measure,
   His power no boundary known unto men;
   For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
   He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again.

8/2/2026 9:54 PM

Sandy's Went to be with Her Lord

 

Death of my beloved Wife

My wife Sandra went to be with the Lord Jesus Christ, her Savior yesterday morning at 9:36 AM.  She was surrounded by me, and our two children when she breathed her last.  It was a very sad day for us and all our family, but for her she went from being in a very damaged body to receive a new body in heaven. 

When I think about Sandy I think of her being a good wife, and a wonderful mother to our two children, and also a great grandmother, something she really loved being.  I think about her adventurous spirit, as she loved to ride the highest and fastest roller coaster around.  She loved the water as she even once took a scuba lesson, but because of a problem with her ear could not do that, but she could and often did snorkel and we have many photo albums with her underwater pictures in them.  She loved horseback riding, even while we were living in Aruba she rode horses on a getaway.  The most important thing in her life is that she loved the Lord, and served Him in different ways ever since she became a believer in April of 1974.

I put a song on my Facebook post yesterday and will put it on again today because this song shows all who are mourning over her death the information that we need to get through this most difficult time in our lives.  This will have the lyrics and also a brief story of the lady who wrote the words which were originally a poem.

  He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater;
He sendeth more strength when the labors increase.
To added affliction He addeth His mercy;
to multiplied trials, His multiplied peace.

Refrain:
His love has no limit; His grace has no measure.
His pow'r has no boundary known unto men.
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus,
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again!

2 When we have exhausted our store of endurance,
when our strength has failed ere the day is half done,
when we reach the end of our hoarded resources,
our Father’s full giving is only begun. [Refrain]

Author: Annie Johnson Flint

Born: December 24, 1866, Vineland, New Jersey. Died: September 8, 1932, Clifton Springs, New York. Buried: Clifton Springs, New York. The biographical account of poetess/hymn-writer Annie Johnson Flint (1866-1932) is a story of both heartbreak and triumph. Born on Christmas Eve in the small town of Vineland, New Jersey, she was welcomed by Eldon and Jean Johnson as their greatest earthly gift. Three years later, little Annie would lose her mother, who died as she gave birth to Annie’s baby sister. Mr. Johnson, who himself was suffering from an incurable disease, willed the children to the Flint family who would bring them up in the Baptist faith. It was during a revival meeting at the age of 8 that the Spirit of God brought Annie'… 

 

 

My Wife

 

My wife Sandy has made it through another night and this has surprised us, but we know that the Lord is totally in control of how many days we live, and so we are trusting the Lord to do His will in the life of my wife.  Our children have been with us since Monday morning, bring our grandchildren to visit their grandmother each day.  They are saddened just as their parents are along with their grandparents.  We know that Sandy like all of us our in the hands of the Lord and He has given us a great measure of grace in order to sustain us through this most difficult time in our lives.  Through this season of difficulties the Lord has given me a song which was originally a poem by a great woman who was born in the late 1800’s and her career as a school teacher was stopped because of arthritis in her hands, but this did not stop her from writing some wonderful poems.  I will close with the lyrics to this song that has been a blessing to me as I go through this most difficult time ever in my life.

He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater
He sendeth more strength when the labors increase
To added affliction He addeth His mercy
To multiplied trials His multiplied peace

His love has no limit, His grace has no measure
His pow'r has no boundary known unto men
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again

When we have exhausted our store of endurance
When our strength has failed ere the day is half done
When we reach the end of our hoarded resources
Our Father's full giving is only begun

His love has no limit, His grace has no measure
His pow'r has no boundary known unto men
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again

His love has no limit, His grace has no measure
His pow'r has no boundary known unto men

For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again

For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again

 

My Wife (07-27-2026)

 

MY WIFE

I have mentioned in many of my recent SD’s that my wife is very ill with cancer.  Well last evening my wife was asking for food, something she has not done for some time now.  This morning she was not talking at all and so I called the hospice people and they came over to help out then they came again later, and then later again to help us out.  My daughter and son along with their spouses have been with us all day and the hospice lady said that it is possible that she will not make it through the night.  This was all a shock to us, but really we were not that surprised because of her condition.  I probably will not be posting any Spiritual Diaries on my two blogs, or not any on Facebook as we want to spend time with my wife who has not said a word all day.  She is receiving medicine to keep her calm every four hours.  Our family can really use your prayers as we walk this difficult path.  Thanks in advance.

Introduction to War of the Ages PT-3 (War on Earth) (Rev. 12:13-17)

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/12/2015 8:55 AM

My Worship Time                          Focus:  Introduction to War of the Ages PT-3 (War on Earth)

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                      Reference:  Revelation 12:13-17

            Message of the verses:  “13 And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. 14 But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. 15 And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth. 17 So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.”

            The following is what I wrote on the 11^th of August 2005 in my Spiritual Diary related to Revelation 12:13-14 “As seen in the last few verses of this chapter Satan has been thrown out of heaven and is now taking out his anger on the nation of Israel and this is exactly what verse thirteen is saying, for the woman who gave birth to the male child is the nation of Israel. 

            “All of these events take place at the beginning of the last half of the tribulation period, which is when antichrist goes into the re-built temple in Jerusalem and desecrates it as was told about in the book of Daniel and also in the Gospel of Matthew where Jesus was speaking about this in His Olivet Discourse in chapters 24 & 25.  Jesus forewarned the Nation of Israel that when they saw this event happening, that is the desecration of the temple, that they should flee the city and not come back for there would be much trouble going on there for them after this event.  Verse 14 tells that the escape for the remnant of Israel will be on eagles’ wings and that “she” will be taken to a certain place where she will be nourished for three and a half years, or until the end of the tribulation period.  How do we understand what these eagles’ wings are all about?  As I have said before the rest of the Scriptures are the best commentary for the book of Revelations and it can be noted in a number of places that this description was also given to the nation of Israel when God brought them out of Egypt.  Exodus. 19:4 has this to say about it:  “‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to Myself.’”  How God does this is not as important as the fact that He will accomplish it just as He has said He will.”

            The following is what I wrote on the 12^th of August in my Spiritual Diary related to Revelation 12:15-17 “There are times in this wonderful book that it is difficult to understand for sure whether John is giving the picture of using descriptive language that is just symbolism and that is the case here, at least, for me.  The spiritual truth that I gain from this section is that God takes care of His own people no matter how much Satan tries to destroy them, and if one looks at history one can see that the Jews have been targeted by Satan ever since they were a small family living only in the Middle East. 

            “I will give only one explanation as to what the flood and the earth opening its mouth to swallow up this flood might mean.  John could well be speaking of a flood of people, or an army that antichrist will send after these Jews, and it could be that there will be an earthquake that will happen to swallow up this army that is sent to pursue Israel.  If one looks at different Scriptures from the OT there are word pictures that describe similar things.  Isaiah 59:19 “So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.”  (AV)  Numbers 16:31 “ Then it came about as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground that was under them split open; 32  and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who belonged to Korah, with their possessions.” (NASB)  Numbers 16 speaks of the rebellion of Korah and the results of their rebellion are seen in these two verses.

            “Satan became very angry when the Lord protected Israel, so he went off to cause much trouble with the rest of the offspring of Israel.  It is possible that there will be many in Israel who did not choose to go to this place where God will care for those who have gone there and so these are the ones who Satan will try and destroy.  It is also possible that Satan will be going after the “Tribulation Saints” too, and tries to destroy them.  At any rate Satan realizing how little time he has will try and destroy as many as he can.”

 

            What these verses speak of is one of the darkest stains that has been seen in history and that is how the Gentiles have treated the Jews which is commonly called anti-Semitism.  We have seen this happen from the time that God called Abraham up until the likes of Stalin and Hitler who have killed millions and millions of Jews just because they were Jews.  We know that Satan hates the Jews and has tried to destroy them since the beginning when God called them and it is because of his hatred for the Jews that he has tricked or influenced even believers to be against them, especially today.  When a person believes that the promises that God has given to the Jews is for the church it causes them not to be supportive to the Jews as the body of Christ should be especially at this present time when it seems that even the United States is going against the Jews.  God’s promises to the Jews still stands and one day (I hope soon) the Lord will return for His Church which will soon begin the last seven years of history on this earth like we have known it and then at the end of those seven years He returns again to set up His promised kingdom from Jerusalem and Israel will have their promised kingdom that will last for 1000 years.

           

            Not all of the suffering that the Jews have gone through has been because of Satan, but God has chastised them for their sins, sins mostly of unbelief which led to idol worship, and the sin of not recognizing their Messiah when He came the first time.

           

            Now we need not go over the history of all of the times the Jews have been treated badly because they are Jews, but we do need to look at a time when it will be the worst time for the Jews, which will happen in the Tribulation Period, for it will be far worse than when Nazi Germany under Hitler killed six million Jews.  General Dwight David Eisenhower told his troops to capture pictures of what the Nazi’s did to the Jews for he said if he did not do this then the world would forget.  He took the pictures, but it seems to me that the world has forgotten. 

 

            John MacArthur quotes John Phillips who wrote the following on the survival of the Jews:  “Significantly, the turning point came in Moses’ life when he saw, in the desert, that mysterious burning bush, which flamed and blazed away but, for all the crackling of the fire, was not consumed.  That bush clearly symbolized Israel, which cannot be consumed despite the ceaseless hatred of her foes, because God is in her midst.  Israel cannot be assimilated into the nations, nor can she be exterminated by the nations.  She is a burning bush in the wilderness.”  6/12/2015 9:23 AM     6/12/2015 9:24 PM

 

            We will continue to look at this introduction in our next SD.

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  I always want to stand true for the people of Israel for I owe much to them as my Savior came from the Jewish people along with the Word of God.

 

My Steps of Faith for Today:  To continue to trust the Lord for the many things that are going on in my life these days and to love the Lord with all of my heart, soul, mind and strength.

 

Answer to yesterday’s Bible question:  “Elisha” (2 Kings 5:10).

 

Today’s Bible question:  “Where did the fifth angel in Revelation 16:10 pour out his vial?”

 

Answer in our next SD.

 

6/12/2015 9:29 PM