Today I am preparing for and helping lead a memorial service for Lisa Carlson. We have become friends with this family through mutual friends and Lisa's daugther Caitlin graduated with Cory and Coby from John Cooper.
Lisa had brain surgery in June '08 and battled complications until January '09 before she passed from this life on Jan. 17, 2009. > more on Lisa
The experience of letting go of a loved one is all too familiar for Diann and I, since her father died in November of 2007 and my dad died in October 2008.
My remarks today will focus on the challenge life brings in "seeing to believe" or "believing in order to see."
Paul wrote in his letter to the Corinthians from the New Testament, "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. ...We live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, ...So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it." -2 Cor. 4:18, 5:7, 9
What a privilege to speak to all the people who loved and respected Lisa. Lord may all who attend today hear and understand Your message today through her life.
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