Friday, January 9, 2009

Sunday Will Come-We Love You Brittney!


Neil always takes this day off. We are off to the cemetery to put Brittney's bouquet of flowers down.
Thank you to all our friends and family that have followed the last 9 days of celebrating Brittney's life with us.
May we always be comforted in our sorrows and know that hope and faith will help bring us JOY!
We are grateful for the knowledge that we will be with Brittney again. What a blast we will have!

Neil and I would like to leave you with a portion of a talk from one of our former Apostle's of our church. We have received so much comfort in his words.

From "Sunday will come" by Elder Withrthlin

"On that Friday the Savior of mankind was humiliated and bruised, abused and reviled.
It was a Friday filled with devastating, consuming sorrow that gnawed at the souls of those who loved and honored the Son of God.
I think that of all the days since the beginning of this world’s history, that Friday was the darkest.
But the doom of that day did not endure.
The despair did not linger because on Sunday, the resurrected Lord burst the bonds of death. He ascended from the grave and appeared gloriously triumphant as the Savior of all mankind.
And in an instant the eyes that had been filled with ever-flowing tears dried. The lips that had whispered prayers of distress and grief now filled the air with wondrous praise, for Jesus the Christ, the Son of the living God, stood before them as the firstfruits of the Resurrection, the proof that death is merely the beginning of a new and wondrous existence.
Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays.
But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death—Sunday will come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come.
No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, Sunday will come. In this life or the next, Sunday will come.
I testify to you that the Resurrection is not a fable. We have the personal testimonies of those who saw Him. Thousands in the Old and New Worlds witnessed the risen Savior. They felt the wounds in His hands, feet, and side. They shed tears of unrestrained joy as they embraced Him."

1 comment:

Deisha said...

It has been wonderful reading all of these posting. What a great way to remember such an increadable person. I have so many fond memories of all of your kids from the days in Bellevue. The Gospel is so amazing because we do have the ability to be eternal families! Love you guys tons.