These past few months I have grieved such atremendous earthly loss - my brother - we had somuch work to do together -
I send this, as it may hold some clues to what you allare seeking.
I've been trying to fill in the gaps of Stan's absence, and one of mypleasures in life is looking at the daily Hubble photos -marveling in God's universe.
My brother was ambushed on the 4th of Jan. and died7 days later on Jan11 - 111
Sunday evening I finally took time to look at some apodphotos - Feb, Mar...then decided to see what was presentedon January 11th.... I was stunned.
I think it's relevant to share with the Doves.
This was part of the description:January 11, 2004 Hubble photo
NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
Credit: H. Bond (STScI), R. Ciardullo (PSU), WFPC2, HST, NASA
Explanation: Like a butterfly, a white dwarf star begins its life by casting off a cocoon that enclosed its former self.
This is the photograph. I see my brother's face, with a whitedove over his head.Here is a photo of Stan, 2 weeks before he was killed. He was speaking to200 youth in Africa.
His last two lines in a note on Dec 24th were:
"It's time for me to go away, Just let me pause once more to say,Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!"He did that.
Jan4 - Jan11 - He suffered extreme pain, and was paralyzed.He was pierced through his side, in the abdomen, into hislungs. The African hospital didn't even know that, until afterhe was dead.
On Jan 11, at exactly 1:11pm his wife wrote to me, that Stanwas like a brilliant firework for the Lord....
-This first photo was taken about7 days before Stan was ambushed.
THE NEXT PHOTO:
Beginning life by casting off the cocoon that housed his former self.
The Bible doesn't promise there will be no suffering for theChristian on earth. Contrary. It promises that those whofollow Him will indeed suffer.
(The Lord instructed me clearly that when I see the 111it's time to pause, get into the prayer closet and talk toHim. I did this for many months. Being he was in Uganda,my brother was foremost in my prayers.)
