Uncle Dale...i love you. always and forever.

My precious Uncle Dale went to Heaven at 6:30AM on Saturday, December 18, 2010. Praise God that my uncle is eternally healed. The cancer can no longer take over his body, and he has no limitations. I serve a God of peace, of strength, of comfort, of power, of healing, and so many more things. God was not unaware or surprised of this situation, and His hand has been and continues to guide my family every step of the day. Praise God that His strength never runs out, even when mine does. Praise God that He will be glorified through this situation-He already has been. Pray for my family and I...because we need it, a lot. This next week is going to be extremely difficult. But we don't just need prayers for this week. We need it for far longer than that. 


This is not at all how 

We thought it was supposed to be
We had so many plans for you
We had so many dreams
And now you've gone away
And left us with the memories of your smile
And nothing we can say
And nothing we can do
Can take away the pain
The pain of losing you, but ...

We can cry with hope
We can say goodbye with hope
'Cause we know our goodbye is not the end, oh no
And we can grieve with hope
'Cause we believe with hope
(There's a place by God's grace)
There's a place where we'll see your face again
We'll see your face again

And never have I known
Anything so hard to understand
And never have I questioned more
The wisdom of God's plan
But through the cloud of tears
I see the Father's smile and say well done
And I imagine you
Where you wanted most to be
Seeing all your dreams come true
'Cause now you're home
And now you're free, and ...

We have this hope as an anchor
'Cause we believe that everything
God promised us is true, so ...

We wait with hope
And we ache with hope
We hold on with hope
We let go with hope

                                             -With Hope, Steven Curtis Chapman