Death is an uncomfortable concept for all of us. Believers or nonbelievers. It was something that was never truly meant for us. God's original intent for our lives was for eternity. That's why we find death to be such a foreign concept, because it's something we'll never be used to understanding.
My grandmother was such a wonderful person, & as I thought about her life these past couple days since her death, I have been inspired & encouraged. To live a life as selflessly as she did is something any God-fearing person can only dream of. I know she wasn't one to attend church or to talk about God, but if your favorite songs are hymns, then I think that speaks a lot about the content & quality of your heart. She was always the first to support me financially in my missional endeavors, encourage me in words & bless me in letters. I never doubted her love for me or my family, but most of all, I never doubted her love for my mother. An incredible woman can only raise an incredible woman.
I love thinking of the ways I can represent my grandmother's life by the ways I choose to take care of my own family one day. I will choose to lead a life in legacy of those who have gone before me & inspired me. So many amazing women & people who have made me who I am today. God is just good like that you know. My music, my ministry, my life is a reflection of that. To know that my grandmother's last breaths were taken while listening to a song I was blessed to write for her just humbles me to my core. God works, moves, & empowers apart from our selfish human ways. And he uses our every heart song to change lives & grant perspective. I hope & pray that she will live on in my heart, my song, & my every deed.
Gran Gran, we celebrated your departure on the day of your arrival, & we will always miss you. But I know "it will only be a while." Fly with Christ.
-Kristen
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