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Dedication
Acknowledgements
Foreword
There is a Time
Do You Have a Chaplain?
Stand With the Family
Tears Are a Language
An Empty Shell
Only God Knows
The Essence of Love
To Glorify God
A Soldier for God and Country
My Brother's Keeper
A Prayer for Healing
Sheltered from the Storm
Spring Time in Glory
Walking Through the Valley
Erase His Name
He Would Have Loved It
Like a Dog
New Hope
Singing a New Song
Her Mother's Faith
Don't Dump the Dirt
Mighty Fortress
With Dignity
An Honored Pastor
Generational Strife
When More Needs to be Said
The Gift
The Last Move
The Good Fight
Grief Touches Home
About the Author
Effie, thank you for your numerous suggestions and encouragement. You have been a worthy helpmate in all phases of ministry. Daughter Laura Myer has been of inestimable help in the technical aspects of assembling a manuscript. Dr. Jenny Morris, also a daughter and writing professor, has provided valuable input and guidance. Clint, who has always loved a good story, has patiently listened to the experiences of his father. Daughter-in-law Deidra has been a great help in choosing the images for the cover. Greg Lane has been gracious in sharing his artistic skills in designing the cover. Sons-in-law Richard Myer and Scott Morris have graciously fended for themselves to allow their wives time to help tie up the final steps of the publication process.
I am indebted to all the families who have trusted me to walk with them in difficult times. As you have opened your hearts to me and shared your deepest feelings, I have counted it a sacred privilege to stand with you and share in your grief.
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Obviously the length of life for an infant and a centenarian differs greatly. As to why the difference, some would say each departed this life when “their time came." I will leave that debate to the theologians who have more knowledge than I. Nevertheless, through the years I have reflected upon the “three score and ten” theme in Psalms Ninety and the passage in Ecclesiastics dealing with “the times and seasons of life." Although we do not know in advance when that time will come, we do know it will surely come for each of us.
In over fifty-five years of ministry I have had the sacred privilege of ministering to hundreds of families in all seasons of life and as they have walked through the valley of the shadow of death. With them I have shared in both heartbreak and hope. At the urging of family and friends, and an inner prompting to record my experiences, I share the following stories. They are basically true but often details have been rearranged and names have been changed to conceal the identity of individuals. But all are representative of reality.
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