Randy Alcorn

The following paragraphs from Oswald Chamber’s classic, My Utmost for His Highest, really connect with Nanci’s four years of yielding to God about all the things she was constantly uncertain about.

When Jesus annihilates death, it shall be no more. We will not fear it, and it will have no hold on us. Don’t you long for that day? 

Yesterday was Nanci’s memorial service. Thank you so much to everyone who has prayed for our family and for the service itself. I believe our time was honoring to Nanci, and above all, honoring to her beloved Jesus.

Муқаддас Китоб шубҳасиз Масиҳдан (1 Бутрус 2:21) ҳамда Ота Худодан (Эфесликлар 5:1) ўрнак олишимиз кераклигини айтади. Аммо ҳайратланарлиси шуки, Калом атрофимиздаги художўй одамлардан ҳам ўрнак олинглар, Исо Масиҳнинг мадади билан ўшандай одамларнинг намуналарига эргашишга ҳаракат қилинглар, дейди.

Muqaddas Kitob shubhasiz Masihdan (1-Butrus 2:21) hamda Ota Xudodan (Efesliklar 5:1) o‘rnak olishimiz kerakligini aytadi. Ammo hayratlanarlisi shuki, Kalom atrofimizdagi xudojo’y odamlardan ham o‘rnak olinglar, Iso Masihning madadi bilan o‘shanday odamlarning namunalariga ergashishga harakat qilinglar, deydi.

On November 14, 2019, Nanci wrote the following in her journal: “Today I am thinking about faith. I have learned so much about faith. ...Faith is being assured that God Almighty always acts according to His character and works. He never waivers.”

I’ve mentioned that Nanci’s journal she kept over the last four years of her cancer contains many Charles Haddon Spurgeon quotes. A few months ago she wrote down some profound sentences from this sermon by Spurgeon, titled “Safe Shelter.” It seemed right to share more of it with you.

I write this on the one-month anniversary of Nanci’s homegoing. Strange to think that our true home is a place we’ve never been. Paul said, “I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far” (Philippians 1:23). Yet our eternal home will be on the New Earth where “no longer will there be any curse.”

Contemplating the final end of sorrow has brought me great comfort in my first month of grief after my precious wife’s death. I already can’t wait to see Nanci again and have her show me around Heaven, and then after the resurrection when we relocate to the New Earth, for us to both experience it for the first time together. How glorious that will be, and above all just to be with Jesus regardless of where!