Gramma passed away this morning around 5:30. While it is sad to say goodbye, I am so incredibly happy for her! To realize she is Home and supremely joyful brings a smile to my face. When I went to see her last night, she looked so unlike herself. I've never seen anyone that close to death and it really struck me... how unnatural it is. We weren't really originally meant for death. But since the entrance of sin into the world, we have no choice but to decline with age. Our bodies deteriorate to their very last ounce of strength, and yet in their effort to fight for life the heart and lungs keep going. Every breath is a struggle. What a relief it must have been for her to go from this labored, suffering state to her new, glorified body! What a sweet communion she instantly enjoyed, free of not just weakness and pain, but of any memory of it!
What a kind thing of God to take her after only a few days... for all of us. What a bittersweet process it is to watch someone go. He uses those last hours of suffering to bring you to a point where you long for her to depart and be with the Lord, more than you long to keep her here. It makes the letting go more sweet than bitter, because, though your heart breaks, you ache more for her wholeness than your own.
My last words to her keep me focused on the True Reality. "Goodbye, Gramma. I'll see you in Heaven!" I can't even imagine what an amazing Reality that now is for her... to be face to face with her Creator and Savior.... beholding perfection and unthinkable
beauty... and basking in unending Love.
2 comments:
Ohhhh death is so tragic. Even though your grandma had a good life with her loved ones surrounding her till the end. I feel for you mom who was so close to her. My love to you all in this crazy time.
So well said! I am grateful that she is no longer suffering and in paradise, with God, her mother, father and sister, and all in the families who went before her.
However, I miss her so very much but feel equally blessed to have had her for an aunt.
My condolences to you and your family.
Hope all is well with your family and you are surviving this storm!
Sue
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