Joy's Celebration

Today we celebrated the life of our dear friend, Joy Marie Bales. Jim and I had the pleasure of singing singing at her funeral. I managed to hold it together before the service while Jim and I were warming up. I felt confident as we entered the chapel. But as soon as Jim's dad began to read the scripture that he had chosen, I lost it. Fortunately there was a 15 or so minute video that they played of pictures of Joy that had been put to music that provided me the time that I needed.

The first song we sang was "Great is Thy Faithfulness." We chose it because it was one of the songs we sang at Joy's husband's funeral. Whenever we had a hymn sing at the church, Joy would choose that one so I could only believe it was her favorite, too.

The second song we sang was "I Will Serve Thee." I love this song because the words really express Joy's life here on earth. Joy was a true servant and we will miss her greatly.

The youth in my Sunday School class have been praying consistently for Joy since October. We have an ongoing prayer list hung in our room. God answered our prayers...it just wasn't the answer that we wanted.

Thank you Father for the life of Joy Marie Bales. What a wonderful testimony her life was and will be in the lives of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren!