Brady, turkey, ham, heaven, and strawberry jam
Yesterday afternoon, I received a very sad telephone call from one of the ladies at church. Brady, a young man who was disabled, went home to be with Jesus yesterday morning. A couple of famous people died yesterday. There was a bombing in Brussels that has us preoccupied. /There were lots of things going on yesterday, and someplace in there, a young man who wasn't any of those things left the pain and sorrow of this world.
Brady was wheelchair bound. He had a feeding tube. He was a part, and an important part of our church family. Brady had an infectious smile, and over the last couple of months, I had a few chances to interact with him. I got to give him and his mom a ride home in Chevron about six weeks ago. I was blessed to be able to help put him in the car from his wheelchair. Brady couldn't speak but that didn't mean he didn't understand when he was being spoken to or what was being said. And that smile......
I thought about Brady a bit today. And heaven. I can only imagine what his trip home was like, being free of a body that brought him pain. One that didn't quite work like everybody's. What you and I take for granted, like walking, talking, eating, well, Brady didn't get to do a lot of that here on earth, so I was wondering what Heaven was like for him.
Brady's father passed away before I started attending his church. I can only imagine what that reunion was like, his father seeing him walk. And to be able to talk....things he couldn't, as I said, do here. I wonder if there will be things for him, like baseball games, and what taking your first steps would be like when you're in your twenties. We don't know hwat Heaven is really like, but you hear stories and want to believe. So while thinking about the new covenant Christ made with us over 2,000 years ago, I wondered what Brady's first day as a "normal" person were like.
Can you imagine the wonde he must be going through? I thought about that today. For Brady's sake, I hope there is chocolate. And ice cream. And a zillion things that he missed out enjoying because of his disabilities.
I'm grieving because I won't see that smile again for a time. But I know I will again, because I am a part of Brady's family....his church family, and because of the price Christ paid for us...me, you, and Brady, and my acceptance of Him as Lord and Savior, I will again see Brady when I go home. I will see the walking, talking Brady.And I will see that smile again.
Im not sad for Brady. I mean that. I'm sad for us because of the separation, but for him, with what he's experiencing now....I can only imagine...........
I went to buy a turkey today for Easter. Miss June wants turkey. We are having turkey. I asked her if she wanted to get a ham as well. She said we had no room. The hams on sale were OK hams, not the best quality, but at $1.29 a pound I thought them a good buy, but Miss June said no.
Strawberries were also on sale for $6.99 a case. I bought two. I'm making strawberry jam tomorrow, but we needed sugar. I stopped in at the commissary to buy sugar and wanted some pectin. they didn't have any but what they did have was jar lids on sale for $1.59 a box. For red lids.
As I was checking out, the clerk told me that jars were on sale for $4 a case. That's a good deal, so I went back and got some. When I was checking out the guy in front of me was buying hams. Hormel cure 81 hams. For about $6 a ham. There was a coupon. So I went back and got a ham and an $8 off a ham coupon. I got an 11 pound ham for less than $7.
We made room. Because turkey was cheap, I wet to Kent's. Because I went there, I gt cheap strawberries and decided to make jam. Which is how I got a ham, jelly jars, and lids for what I paid for the turkey. Some days, things just work out.
Brady was wheelchair bound. He had a feeding tube. He was a part, and an important part of our church family. Brady had an infectious smile, and over the last couple of months, I had a few chances to interact with him. I got to give him and his mom a ride home in Chevron about six weeks ago. I was blessed to be able to help put him in the car from his wheelchair. Brady couldn't speak but that didn't mean he didn't understand when he was being spoken to or what was being said. And that smile......
I thought about Brady a bit today. And heaven. I can only imagine what his trip home was like, being free of a body that brought him pain. One that didn't quite work like everybody's. What you and I take for granted, like walking, talking, eating, well, Brady didn't get to do a lot of that here on earth, so I was wondering what Heaven was like for him.
Brady's father passed away before I started attending his church. I can only imagine what that reunion was like, his father seeing him walk. And to be able to talk....things he couldn't, as I said, do here. I wonder if there will be things for him, like baseball games, and what taking your first steps would be like when you're in your twenties. We don't know hwat Heaven is really like, but you hear stories and want to believe. So while thinking about the new covenant Christ made with us over 2,000 years ago, I wondered what Brady's first day as a "normal" person were like.
Can you imagine the wonde he must be going through? I thought about that today. For Brady's sake, I hope there is chocolate. And ice cream. And a zillion things that he missed out enjoying because of his disabilities.
I'm grieving because I won't see that smile again for a time. But I know I will again, because I am a part of Brady's family....his church family, and because of the price Christ paid for us...me, you, and Brady, and my acceptance of Him as Lord and Savior, I will again see Brady when I go home. I will see the walking, talking Brady.And I will see that smile again.
Im not sad for Brady. I mean that. I'm sad for us because of the separation, but for him, with what he's experiencing now....I can only imagine...........
I went to buy a turkey today for Easter. Miss June wants turkey. We are having turkey. I asked her if she wanted to get a ham as well. She said we had no room. The hams on sale were OK hams, not the best quality, but at $1.29 a pound I thought them a good buy, but Miss June said no.
Strawberries were also on sale for $6.99 a case. I bought two. I'm making strawberry jam tomorrow, but we needed sugar. I stopped in at the commissary to buy sugar and wanted some pectin. they didn't have any but what they did have was jar lids on sale for $1.59 a box. For red lids.
As I was checking out, the clerk told me that jars were on sale for $4 a case. That's a good deal, so I went back and got some. When I was checking out the guy in front of me was buying hams. Hormel cure 81 hams. For about $6 a ham. There was a coupon. So I went back and got a ham and an $8 off a ham coupon. I got an 11 pound ham for less than $7.
We made room. Because turkey was cheap, I wet to Kent's. Because I went there, I gt cheap strawberries and decided to make jam. Which is how I got a ham, jelly jars, and lids for what I paid for the turkey. Some days, things just work out.
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