http://mattknisely.com/blog/family/goodbye-for-now/ Mon, 07 May 2012 18:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://mattknisely.com/blog/family/goodbye-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-833 Family & Story - mattknisely.com Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:54:27 +0000 http://mattknisely.com/blog/?p=1382#comment-833 [...] seasons and this past year we celebrated the advent of winter with the passing of my Grandmother on December 17th during the last week of Advent and my Granddad who slipped into eternity on November 28th starting [...] [...] seasons and this past year we celebrated the advent of winter with the passing of my Grandmother on December 17th during the last week of Advent and my Granddad who slipped into eternity on November 28th starting [...]

]]> http://mattknisely.com/blog/family/goodbye-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-498 Denice Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:55:46 +0000 http://mattknisely.com/blog/?p=1382#comment-498 Beautiful thoughts Matt, thanks for sharing. Beautiful thoughts Matt, thanks for sharing.

]]> http://mattknisely.com/blog/family/goodbye-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Bianca Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:00:38 +0000 http://mattknisely.com/blog/?p=1382#comment-492 My deepest condolences for your loss. Your memory of her has brought her alive to many who would've never known of her greatness. My deepest condolences for your loss. Your memory of her has brought her alive to many who would've never known of her greatness.

]]> http://mattknisely.com/blog/family/goodbye-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-493 mattknisely Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:40:48 +0000 http://mattknisely.com/blog/?p=1382#comment-493 Thank you Bianca, today was a time of great joy. Christmas brings joy. Joy. Yet here, three days before one of the great celebrations of our faith we experience the one of the paradoxes of our lives. In the midst of our joy, we know sorrow… sorrow at out loss of my Grandma, and yet joy in celebrating the rich fullness of her life. And yet the paradox is really not as strange as we might think. For in the child Jesus we discover that this gift of God was destined to take on a mission that would lead to his death. Christmas brings light to these dark moments of life; and no darkness, not even the grief and mourning that my family and i experience today, will overcome that light. This child Jesus shows the way. Christmas was always a special time in our family and it just got more meaningful. I love you Grandma. Thank you Bianca, today was a time of great joy. Christmas brings joy. Joy. Yet here, three days before one of the great celebrations of our faith we experience the one of the paradoxes of our lives. In the midst of our joy, we know sorrow… sorrow at out loss of my Grandma, and yet joy in celebrating the rich fullness of her life. And yet the paradox is really not as strange as we might think. For in the child Jesus we discover that this gift of God was destined to take on a mission that would lead to his death. Christmas brings light to these dark moments of life; and no darkness, not even the grief and mourning that my family and i experience today, will overcome that light. This child Jesus shows the way. Christmas was always a special time in our family and it just got more meaningful. I love you Grandma.

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