Thanks indeed for all the kind sentiments! He was a trooper and he knew who he wanted to be with, and where! We can all certainly take great consolation for the witness that Tom and Lisa Lennie gave us! TR oh, my goodness . . . I am sorry to hear this, but happy for Tom ~ ~ he and I were 2 of the 3 original mods at RITAN ~~ ~How wise he was to opt out on the feeding tube ~ ~ I would do the same ~ ~ truly God's children in Christ are blessed believing Heaven awaits ~ ~ Saints who die in the Lord are blessed, . . I am imagining him gazing on our Lord he loved ~~ Just feels surreal realizing he is truly in Heaven ~ for we 'see' enough on earth, to know how blissful Tom is rejoicing up close gazing on His Lord, our Lord ~ I am especially thankful how he chose to die without further delays . . he knew well where his real Home was .. I am so looking forward to our reunion with our sibs who've gone on before us, . .and all of you, too, very much sensing more our expectancy very soon to be caught up ~~ Us seniors do experience, the reality that we are much closer to going Home ~~ and, like Tom, we're feeling ready ~~ My sympathies, TR. It is tough to lose a good friend and a brother in Christ. May God grant you and his family peace. Tom must be seeing indescribable things right now. No comprehending the glories he is viewing and the joy he is experiencing! TR I'm sorry for your temporary loss, TR but I feel we will all be celebrating with him shortly. Sad for us, but he is surely ecstatic right now! Hopefully it’s a quick reunion. Just a blink of an eye away! TR He has graduated! Though we mourn for him here, he is rejoicing! I will miss my friend. And TR, I know how close you two were. I am sorry for your loss, my friend. May we all be reunited with Tom soon. Years ago Tom sent me a large picture to hang on my wall. It was a picture he took since he loved photography so much. I told him it was my favorite picture of his, so he generously had this canvas picture made for me. What a beautiful picture of the path that Tom was on in his life with the cross always before him. Tom was always encouraging to me as I took the reigns of RITAN years ago. He sent me a little note that I have held onto for years. It says: "Never doubt in the darkness what God has shown you in the light." He is now out of this darkness and is in the Light of Christ! God bless you, my brother. You will be missed.......until we meet again. Indeed what joy when we all gather together! TR
