"Where, O death, is your victory?"
1 Corinthians 15:55-57 was one of the verses we had read at Will's service.
"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of death is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
We had a great service celebrating Will's life on Saturday. I woke up sick to my stomach and felt as though I was getting the stomach flu (I knew I wasn't, but that's how nervous and anxious I was). The night before I also started having a new pain in my abdomen and when I woke up it was even worse. My mom begged me to call the dr., but I was stubborn and refused. I was so afraid they were going to tell me I had to come to the hospital to get checked out. I would NOT miss my baby's funeral. I also didn't feel like being around others, but once the family started arriving I made myself get out of my room and face everyone.
Once we got all the kids settled with the babysitters we left for the gravesite. There was this calmness over me when we got in the car.
Everything was perfect. The service. What people said. The flowers we ordered to go on top of the casket (very important to me). We wouldn't have changed anything!
Once the service was over we headed back to our house for lunch. We had a wonderful day of hanging out as a family. I love that our two families get a long great! It was a long day, but a day that Jess and I needed. It was a day of having a little bit of closure, a day of celebrating our sweet baby Will, a day of encouragement, a day of honoring God for our blessings, ect.
In Loving Memory of
William Thomas Rainer
February 6, 2011
3:31pm – 4:31pm
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Order of Service
Opening Prayer – Thom Rainer
Scripture Reading – Sarah Usery
Psalm 34:18
1 Corinthians 15:55-57
Message – Sam Rainer
Message – Art Rainer
Scripture Reading – Sarah Usery
Revelation 21:4
Psalm 23:1-6
Closing Prayer – John McNeil
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Graveside Service held at
Old Beech Cemetery
3216 Long Hollow Pike
Hendersonville, TN 37075
February 19, 2011
11:30am
Again thank you for your prayers, encouragement, texts, messages, and emails! We couldn't be more blessed by our supportive friends and family!
Rachel
1 comment:
thanks for sharing all of this rach. i know it was a special and hard day for yall. so glad everything went so well. you are constantly on my mind and know im praying for you every time i think of you.
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