As i sat here and think of a really close friend passing , David Starnes and my youngest brother Danny fighting for his life and also battling cancer for the second time after surviving 30 years from the first bout. I am reminded as I get older more of my family and friends also will leave me behind if I am left here on this earth. I am reminded that we are travelers here on earth and nothing material on this earth will follow us from this earth. In our everyday lives we come in contact and meet many people along the way. Some of those people we may never see but once. Some like David , become friends and we go and do things together and share a part of our lives. I remember the last of these times with David was a golf outing about a year and a half ago , it was in the early winter and he had not yet found out his condition. We laughed and joked and had a good day of golf and as we left we all agreed to do it again soon as this was a regular routine among our group. David like myself was handy at many things and was quite an accomplished golfer. To beat him meant i played really well that day. As we loaded up late on that Sunday afternoon , who would have thought that in a few weeks he would be in a battle for his life and all that he knew would change forever. David battled hard over the last year and again I was fortunate to visit him again this winter. David was not bitter about what was dealt him, no he understood the fight and he also understood like myself that we were only travelers and the Lord Jesus would ultimately decide his time. We talked a little and as i left him i said David , I know you have had it tough and he said indeed it had been. I was under no false illusion when I left and neither was he, from 240 lbs to 130lbs it was evident that the treatment had taken its toll. He was hopeful and so was I. As I left I said David , you know our home is not here , and someday we will leave this earth. He agreed and I said , even if we do not ever again get to enjoy a round of golf or a day at the track, remember when we get to a better place we can do that again. I gave David a man hug that day, you know one in which you both could cry ,but you hold off for the sake of being manly. I no longer hold back those tears today, my friend is gone. As I get ready for a major surgery to try and prolong my brothers life , the physicians do not hold out much hope. I have searched the word to try and find a passage that will put these two tragedies into perspective. Even as my own life continues down the road of mortality. God has given me this verse and i hope the Starnes family and any other family who is struggling with a sickness or death will wrap around this great hope and assurance he has given us about life after death. This is that verse and I hope it comforts you as it has me in this tough time. God speed David Starnes see you again on the other side. The Viewing will take place This Weds at Immanuel Baptist Church at 6.30pm.The address 9112 Lancaster Hwy Waxhaw NC 28173 The Funeral will Follow at The Same Location Thursday at 10am. John 14:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV) The Way, the Truth, and the Life 14 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions, if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. Randy Brown
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 23:57:41 +0000
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