Geoff

Photo by Rachel Goble Carey

If you don't have faith that Jesus is who He says He is, then there is nothing good whatsoever about a 35 year old husband and father dying after a 10 month battle with Stage 4 colon cancer. To you, Geoff simply died and left behind a heartbroken wife and three children who absolutely adored him, not to mention countless grieving friends.

And we are heartbroken and grieving and raw and pissed off and hurt and in disbelief he is gone.

But we are also sure with every fiber of our beings that Geoff is with Jesus. Sure that God is faithful and good. Sure that there is a plan to redeem this loss and restore this family. Sure that God will move.

Tomorrow we will gather together to remember Geoff. I don't know how well my profoundly sad heart will be at celebrating his life, but I do know God's name will be lifted higher and higher and higher and higher.