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How Wonderful And Pleasant It Is
When
Brothers Live Together In Harmony!
I hope you are fortunate enough to have the kind of friends like we have.
Scripture
1 How wonderful and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in harmony!
Observation
Today we buried a very good friend of mine, Dick
Whittleton. Dick and I had some very good talks together over the past year and
a half. Dick had cancer and he also had a bad heart. We thought that it would
be the bad heart that would take him since he had many heart attacks and his
heart was not real strong.
Before the cancer became such an issue we would just talk
about each other’s aches and pains that we both had because of our damaged
hearts.
Every visit I made to Dick’s home to see him after he had
gotten so sick actually made me feel better when I left. We talked about death
quite a bit. We didn’t know which one of us would go first. But we both knew
that we were on the short list!
Dick planned out what would happen today (his funeral)
quite a long time ago. Both of us, since we both had already come close to
death, we both already planned out our funeral services. We both wanted our
funerals to be a time of celebration! We didn’t want it to be sad.
The cancer had caused Dick a lot of pain over the past
several weeks, but even with the pain and weakness he was still able to smile.
He had amazing strength in those last days. He faced his approaching death with
faith and confidence. I hope I am able to do the same.
Over the years Dick Whittleton was way more than my
mechanic; he was my friend.
I hope you are fortunate enough to have the kind of
friends like we have.
Application
I will try to laugh and enjoy my friends more during the
days ahead. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly Father, I love to see what You are doing at
Christ Fellowship. I love to watch the young people as they grow in Christ. I
pray for them. I pray that they will make life long friends. Friends are so
important. Help them make friends like Kathy and I have made. Help them love
people deeply. Help them make those great friendships that will carry them
through tough times, even the death of a friend.
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