Tribute to a beloved sister.

How does one pay tribute to a much loved sister whose living in this world has taught many lessons and whose departure to live in heaven leaves many precious memories. I sought the Lord and He answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Ps 34:4 I was afraid I would not get to see June in time. I was afraid to ask the Lord, believing I had received, in case it was not His will. I didn’t want June to suffer, but I wanted her to be reassured of my love, and that Jesus loves her. It was difficult to get a flight to be with her, yet the Lord had gone before in providing a way and the means. I fail to understand how anyone can doubt the Lord’s awareness of our needs and His willingness to meet them. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. V18. My sister in law is battling through secondary cancer with the added problem of multiple sclerosis. She does not have the peace of understanding the Lord’s love and providence, though she is seeking. She is heartbroken about June’s death, yet striving to understand how I can rejoice in knowledge that June is with Jesus, and now talking and walking, singing and dancing, in heaven. What June did not have in life here, she has in abundance in life there! No, it’s not pie in the sky when we die, it’s simple truth. Thanks to a special friend, also disabled, June confessed a love and belief in the Lord Jesus Christ, and we read in 1 John 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God … and from verse 13 on, I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us – whatever we ask – we know that we have what we asked of Him. I testify to this, for the years of prayer throughout my sister’s life, have brought her into the Presence of God. Take heart, my readers, and may this be your hope and assurance also. Brothers [and sisters], we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep [died] in Him. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-15.