Today is a hard blog post for me. I have written three other drafts, but none seemed adequate. For you see, my friend Danny McClain died from Glioblastoma brain cancer Tuesday evening, the same cancer that I have been fighting for two plus years.
It is hard to understand the will of God at a time like this. Why God takes one life, and extends another. Why my friend has left his family, and I can still see mine at will. Why Danny’s family is crying, and mine is rejoicing about a good MRI report.
I have gone through several emotions. Guilt, anger, depression, sadness, and mourning have all taken house in this body of mine. But, when I think of the powerful peace that Danny and Terri, his wonderful wife, displayed to all with whom they came into contact, I cannot hide in the emotions of fear. Danny knew, without a shadow of doubt, where he was going.
We have both served and believed in a hope that is larger than life, larger than despair, larger than fear, and larger than cancer. Christ was Danny’s hope, and Heaven is now his home. My only desire, in some small way, is to measure up to the example set by my dear friend, Dr. Daniel McClain.
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you.” (1 Peter 1:3-4 NASB)
When We All Get To Heaven
Sing the wondrous love of Jesus,
Sing His mercy and His grace;
In the mansions bright and blessed
He’ll prepare for us a place.
Refrain:
When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
We’ll sing and shout the victory!
While we walk the pilgrim pathway,
Clouds will overspread the sky;
But when trav’ling days are over,
Not a shadow, not a sigh.
Refrain:
When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
We’ll sing and shout the victory!
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