Dear all, Thought you all would like to hear about Reena ch's memorial service . since few of them asked me to mail after my return ..i added some other mail ids too. Maybe you all would like to read it. The service was well organized by Roshin, Roy, Thampich, Viju and their family and their friends. Rev. M.J. Thomas achen and 2 other achens were present. ( my memory bad with names) There were lot of flowers kept by family and friends.Roy and family, Roshini , Sean and his family, Gigich, Anujee, sunitha , we as family (uncle, all first cousins) we tried to represent all of you who could not be here. We had Thampich and aunty, viju ,Elijah, liju and her parents, Vinny, Merly and her family and Johnny ch and aunty to represent our extended family.As it was mentioned to me by family and Achen ,Mohan uncle and Aunty would have really liked this service. I agree. All friends of family and reena ch ,spoke so well of every one especially of Reena. The Hymns chosen and sung were Blessed assurance,How great Thou art, The lords prayer, Amazing grace,Angel and a special song by Pius, Annie and their son Alex "faith is a place." something Reena ch liked. The welcome , prayer ,pastor remarks,closing remarks Benidiction was all done by family friend and Achen,Rev. M.J. Thomas. Sunitha and Sean read the Bible reading PS.100 And Acts 20.32-35.Eulogies were done by Roshini, Viju,Jim, Annie, usha(me), matt, Maria(care giver),her husband Ramon and other friends one was Jessica(achens daughter) .Message and Eulogy by another achen who knew them. Everyone spoke about their experience with Reena how great her faith was , her kindness, loving , helping,giving nature and not accepting anything in return. her Love for animals and everyone around her. There was not many dry eyes in the church. It was hard . i cannot believe ,she is no more with us.. felt she was around us. I read what Mohan uncle(her dad), her mum and one of the aunts (leelaaunty) had to say about her. and others who mailed me and representing all the others who could not come- i said they all sent their condolences and prayers for reena. I am sure if you all could, you would have tried to be here physically, all your prayers were heard. Especially for her.We are all sure she is with God now. Video memories was done by Pius and Annie(friends-from when Reena came to Usa.)There were photos of her and all of us cousins, aunts, uncles, grand parents.A note of thanks was given by Roy, Joey spoke too(in his dad's ear-Roy told us in the mike-That was so sweet of Joey and i think as kids they know more than us. Joey said REENA AUNTY IS IN HEAVEN.)Rose ceremony was done when the soloist susan sang Amazing grace. family had got white roses for all and Roy and Joey handed one to 1 member of each family present there and they had 3 vases with water and Reena's Remains on a table. all of us went forward to pay our last respects.God bless you ch. The program started at 5 by the time we got out after dinner and speaking with all ,it was late.we returned the same night 12 from there and reached home around 4.20 sunday morning. Bijoy had to work.It was nice to meet all family. But felt so drained emotionally . For those interested, There was good Indian veg food and American kind, spaggatti lot of sweetdishes also Kunjumol aunty organised that with friends. THANK YOU ALL WHO HELPED GET EVERYTHING READY AND CLEANING . To all in India. Roy will come to India with Reena's remains and may be you can all try to make it there.Such a wonderful child of God is now with HIm. she prayed morning and evening read Bible she was sure of getting healed. she was always in high spirits.I think she had a joyful end. Thanks to Roy and family, Roshini,Sean, Maria and her husband..and all her wonderful friends. I got a fwd today morning thought would sent that along too.Take care. GOD BE WITH YOU ALL.with prayers Us and family.
Many children of God do not understand why God does not answer all our prayers. In one sense, God does answer all our prayers - for some prayers His answer is "Yes", for some it is "No" and for some others it is "Wait".
When answering prayer, the principle God follows is that, the answer to our prayer should make our end joyful and not sorrowful. "Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL" (Jn 16:24). Yes, God wants our joy, and not our sorrow, to be full. God knows that if some of the things we ask for are granted, we will be sad at the end of our life.One godly couple had three daughters. However, the father badly wanted a son. He fasted and prayed and cried to the Lord. The Lord very clearly revealed to him that it was not His will to give him a son, and that his daughters would be better than sons and would take care of him till the very end. But he still kept fasting and pleading with God for a son. Finally the Lord gave him a son and he became a prodigal - smoking, drinking, womanizing, etc. The father was heartbroken. He felt sorry for having insisted on having a son. As promised by the Lord, his daughters took care of him to the very end. But till death, the father was a sorrowful man because of his prodigal son. The son did not turn up even at the father's funeral.
Dear child of God, it is true that some of your sincere prayers have not been answered, but at the end you will know why God did not answer them. God wants you to have great eternal joy. So praise God for all your unanswered prayers.
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Many children of God do not understand why God does not answer all our prayers. In one sense, God does answer all our prayers - for some prayers His answer is "Yes", for some it is "No" and for some others it is "Wait".
When answering prayer, the principle God follows is that, the answer to our prayer should make our end joyful and not sorrowful. "Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL" (Jn 16:24). Yes, God wants our joy, and not our sorrow, to be full. God knows that if some of the things we ask for are granted, we will be sad at the end of our life.One godly couple had three daughters. However, the father badly wanted a son. He fasted and prayed and cried to the Lord. The Lord very clearly revealed to him that it was not His will to give him a son, and that his daughters would be better than sons and would take care of him till the very end. But he still kept fasting and pleading with God for a son. Finally the Lord gave him a son and he became a prodigal - smoking, drinking, womanizing, etc. The father was heartbroken. He felt sorry for having insisted on having a son. As promised by the Lord, his daughters took care of him to the very end. But till death, the father was a sorrowful man because of his prodigal son. The son did not turn up even at the father's funeral.
Dear child of God, it is true that some of your sincere prayers have not been answered, but at the end you will know why God did not answer them. God wants you to have great eternal joy. So praise God for all your unanswered prayers.
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