Daryn, Grandma and Grandpa Worpel, together again!

Daryn was joined with another member of the Worpel family today, my Grandma Worpel.

I know she is safe in the arms of Jesus. Although I am saddened to lose my Grandma I can't help but find comfort in my Grandma no longer suffering in pain and sadness........... and that Daryn gets to be joined by another link to her family.......... one link at a time!

"Fly to Jesus and LIVE"

Come to Jesus ** Daryn Worpel

My Grandma Worpel is soon to join Daryn in Heaven.......... and I don't mean to say it lightly. I know that is where she is going, it is sad, it is exciting and there is no other place she would want to be. "After death" is not an unknown for Grandma, she knows where she is going. After death was not an unknown for Daryn, although she was way too young in our eyes, even Daryn knew where she would go. Grandpa Worpel and Grandma Stephens too, they all knew. Sometimes we all question things too much.

Today is the day to make a decision in your mind and know that Jesus IS the Way , the Truth, the Life, he who believes in Him WILL have eternal life.

It seems so complicated, but that is only because it is so very simple.

My cousin Anna played the piano music to the song below for Daryn's funeral. Later I looked up the song and listened to it with the words and what an awesome song. I brought the song for my Grandma, last night to listen to, all with Daryn in my mind. The first line is so true, "Weak and wounded sinner" we all are this, but unbelievably God still loves us, forgives us, and wants us. Simply Amazing!

Chris Rice - Untitled Hymn (Come To Jesus) Lyrics

Weak and wounded sinner
Lost and left to die
O, raise your head, for love is passing by
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus and live!

Now your burden's lifted
And carried far away
And precious blood has washed away the stain, so
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus and live!

And like a newborn baby
Don't be afraid to crawl
And remember when you walk
Sometimes we fall...so
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus and live!

Sometimes the way is lonely
And steep and filled with pain
So if your sky is dark and pours the rain, then
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus and live!

O, and when the love spills over
And music fills the night
And when you can't contain your joy inside, then
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus and live!

And with your final heartbeat
Kiss the world goodbye
Then go in peace, and laugh on Glory's side, and
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus and live!

Can you Imagine? Daryn Worpel

I was looking straight up through the changing Fall trees............ Reds, Oranges, Yellows, and Greens........all set against a perfectly blue sky. It was soooo beautiful. I went to get my camera to capture the moment, the feeling. I took a couple of pictures and was really disappointed because the camera wasn't able to capture the full picture, the full beauty of that moment.

My thought then changed to my belief that God is able to see the full glorious and perfect picture, but we can only see a portion of it. We only "see" what our senses allow us to see, everything else is us relying completely on our Faith. We have to believe in something that we can't see and maybe even at times can't feel. We have to trust in our God that even though we can't see the full perfect picture, that it is still there.

Just like when you look at the above picture, you can't see the whole thing, but you still know/believe/have faith that there is more to it even if you can't see it. When we are presented with the rest of the picture then and only then will we truly and fully "get it". Until that day we rely completely on our Faith.

Sometimes it is hard to do, but I choose to believe in my God above. I, for one, know that Daryn is in the most glorious place any of us could even imagine. There is no pain, there is no suffering, only unconditional love. Can you imagine?

Today I choose to remember Daryn's voice, when she would join a conversation at the kitchen table that the adults were having. She had, at such a young age, an opinion of her own and was so much wiser beyond her year. Her voice, I do still hear it! I will always hear it!