that have lost their daddy. I know! I've been through it, too. Jesus says,
"I am with you always, even to the end of the world."  Matthew 28:20.
There will be times that it doesn't seem so, but He is there. There is
nothing to fear in the future.  God is with you. 

Jesus, also in the Book of Revelation, says, "Fear not; I am the first and
the last: I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for
evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death."  Revelation 1:17,
18.  Aren't you glad that Jesus holds the key that will unlock this grave?

This is not the end.  Before he died, Frank said, "I want to spend eternity
in heaven."

Owen and Chance's cousin Kevin is five years old.  Talking about the
death of Uncle Frank after Sabbath School just last Sabbath, he said,
"Well, there's one good thing about all this: he will be alive in heaven."
What is there left to say?
Another of Frank's favorite texts was "Fear thou not; for I am with thee:
be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help
thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."
Isaiah 41:10.

I never saw any fear in Frank.  Nor did he retaliate against God for not
healing miraculously.  He wanted desperately to live.  He loved his family.
He loved the outdoors. He loved hiking with his boys.  He loved to share
and explain the wonders of nature.  He loved horses.  He loved to study the
Bible and to share it with others. He wanted to live, but he was not afraid
to die. "I just want God's will to be done," he said. 

Frank wished above all to return "home" to the Land of Enchantment, New
Mexico.  God granted that wish.  He died peacefully, simply going to sleep
at home.  He died in dignity.

And He died knowing where he stood with God.  Before he died he told me,
"I am at peace with God."  He told Cyndee, "I am ready to die."  He said it
with the serenity and dignity of one who knows God and who rests in the
assurance of His forgiveness and grace.

I speak here today, not to the dead, but to the living: Do you have that
assurance?  Do you have that hope of eternal life with Jesus Christ?  Do
you have an adequate answer to the burning question: What comes after
death?  Where are we going beyond this big step into the silence?  Is death
to you like a wandering cowboy?  Like the dead, the cowboy disappears over
the cloudy horizon, and you don't know where he goes beyond the point where
the hill and sky touch.  It was not so with Frank.  He knew what lies over
the horizon.  He wore the brand of his Master on the white horse.

During the last few hours of life he was tired.  He just wanted to rest
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