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“Death where is thy victory? Where is thy sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:55
David Tucker Story
My beloved friend is on his final journey to have victory over death. Dave and I visited the OPI-Optical Health Institute in San Diego this summer to fight our mutual battle with cancer.
We made these promises to each other:
To finish strong – to run the race the lord has set before us. Hebrew 12:1-2
To believe what God says about us, not what we believe about ourselves.
Whoever goes to heaven first will wait at the entry and embrace the other upon arrival.
“Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
What sorrow to see a dear friend go, but what joy to know where he does go.
A father, with a soft hand on his son’s shoulder, whispered, “Son, stand up,” as they watched the son’s wife of 40 years being lowered in her casket to her grave.
Get out of my way if you don’t want to be loved; if you don’t want to receive kindness, if you don’t want to be told over and over again that you are a miracle if you don’t…
“The day basketball season ended, my second love, baseball began. Throwing strikes was my passion.” – Fred Where do you go mentally and or physically when life seems to be sucking the air out of you?
When I was young, my dad loved a song which began, “How can I say thanks for the things you have done for me, things so undeserved yet you proved to show your love for me.