day one...

Yesterday... Day One... the heading of a post on the pages that update the care of the one who received the transplant...

Today is Ray's first day in heaven.

The first day of the year... a beginning... in heaven...
a battle lost... to complications... not leukemia...
but the outcome of the war... against death...
decided over 2000 years ago on a cross...

This grace was given us in Christ Jesus 

before the beginning of time,

but it has now been revealed 

through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, 

who has destroyed death and has brought life and 

immortality to light through the gospel.

2Timothy 1:9-10

(my emphasis)

Please pray with me... for the strength of this family... Fred... Elise... and brothers... John... and Ken... as they walk this difficult walk through loss... and may they focus on the hope ahead...

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope

through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...

1Peter 1:3