Gone from our sight...
To all of my friends and our family who have kept him in their prayers, my brother passed away last night around 6 pm. He was a most beloved husband, father and brother; and a true gentleman in every sense of the word. He lived his life for our Lord. I can't think of a better tribute to a man's life than that. Thank you for your prayers and thoughts during his illness and if I've been remiss in posting lately, I know you all understand and forgive. Please say one more prayer for our family now as we bid him goodbye.
Gone From Our Sight
I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze
and starts for the blue ocean.
She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until at length
she hangs like a speck of white cloud
just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says
"There, she is gone!"
"Gone where?"
Gone from my sight.
That is all.
She is just as large in mast and hull and spar
as she was when she left my side.
She is just as able to bear her load
of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me, not her.
And just at the moment when someone at my side says
"There, she is gone !"
there are other eyes watching her coming
and other voices ready to take up the glad shout ,
"Here she comes !"
And that is dying.
Author Unknown
