My friend, Betty, is going to be with the LORD soon.  She is facing physical and emotional struggles right now.  She had said she didn’t know it would be so hard to leave loved ones behind.  She has always had peace with God about leaving this world and now God has graciously given her time to make peace with everyone in her world.  When we were together the other day she was saying what a blessing it was to have the peace of knowing her loved ones know the LORD and be with her in heaven one day!

Betty is a beautiful person inside and out.  She is the picture of grace and elegance all wrapped up into one. She is a true friend.  Friendship is listening, caring, loving, sharing and correcting.   At work, she would listen when I needed to talk yet she didn’t hesitate to correct me when I was off base.  She would tell me straight up if I was wrong or could be a little more patient or understanding with others.  She could be blunt when she had to be.  In other words, God knew who I needed in my life those days and that was Betty!  Even still today she is always there for me like when I just pop in to “bring her a few books”, she knows I need to talk and often she needs to talk too.

The blessing of Betty’s life is that I am not the only one that can say these things about her.  I dare say there are many more who echo my same thoughts and feelings.  We love you Betty! You are a friend and inspiration to all of us! We thank God for you!

God is like that.  He gives us special people in our lives that we can go to whenever and its feels like it hasn’t been days, weeks or even months since that last chat time.  Amazes me that God always knows who and what we need in our lives at each given point of our lives!  And God is never late! Never!

Psalm 139:16   New Living Translation (NLT)

¹⁶ You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.

Proverbs 17:17   New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁷ A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.

Psalm 16:8   New Living Translation (NLT)

⁸ I know the Lord is always with me.
I will not be shaken, for He is right beside me.

Psalm 29:11   New Living Translation (NLT)

¹¹ The Lord gives his people strength.
The Lord blesses them with peace.