Death of a heart-broken spouse Oldest member of the church

Three short passages from our lessons today form our text. From John: "In my Father's house are many rooms." From Psalm 23: "I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." And from Ecclesiastes: "There is a time for everything."

When I think of ___________'s 'house,' many varied thoughts come to mind. There is, of course, the little white house he lived in. Together we've shared many hours there.I think of other "houses" too. He's lived in more places in the past few years than I can recall, but all of those places were hospitals or nursing homes. There were many times I thought I would not see him alive again. Many times he came back from the edge of death. He seemed to take a pride in God's ability to do that for him. Then, after …