February 12, 2014 my spiritual mom stepped into the very
presence of God. To say that she lived
her life for Jesus is an understatement.
She lived life…every ounce of it that He blessed her with! She was a running faucet of the love of
Christ. She loved Jesus, she loved Wil
(my spiritual dad), she loved her children, grandchildren, her siblings, her
church family, her friends and other peoples’ children, too, whether old or
young. She took God's word at face
value and the teaching of Titus 2 that said, "older women train up the
younger women ...” I am one of those
many younger women that she trained up and poured her very being into. I caught more from her than she ever taught
me and I praise God for that. Because I
caught a love of Jesus and a love for His word from her, I also caught that
being a Christian meant doing everyday life with Christ and life can be hard
but our God is bigger than all the difficulties. I caught that when I have exhausted all my
means for fixing something, my Heavenly Father is there smiling, waiting on me
to let Him. I caught that I don't have
to like everybody in the world but I do need to be nice to them as unto the
LORD (smile). I caught an incredible understanding of the importance of
authority and how God set that in motion and how it protects us as women when
we honor it. I caught the truth of God's
love at work through one of His servants and the impact it can have under your
own roof and across the oceans. I could
go on and on but I suppose in its simplest form you can say I caught a glimpse
of Jesus this side of heaven and for that I am eternally grateful. Thank you my precious Friend.
Pat Vancil 1937-2014
His,
Vickie
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