Hello & welcome, I have been waiting with excitement to share our time together. I have made Gf carrot cup cakes with cream cheese frosting & brewed a Morning black tea blend, grown & refined here in Australia.

The cup cakes are so moist & delicious, with the frosting so creamy! I haven’t made these for years as they’re so morish you can’t stop at one!

We are seated looking out across the bay, protected from the cold wind, in the lovely warm sunshine. With the sound of the waves lapping upon the shoreline.

Now we are enjoying our tea & treat, we will begin our reflection.

A Circle of friends

I watched a movie length documentary the other day with a dear friend, we don’t often watch documentaries together but on this occasion we did.

It was about the lives of four very accomplished women in the same profession. But whom had led very unique lives while continuing a life long friendship.

Apparently they often get together to catch up, but on this occasion a film crew was present filming. My friend & I roared with laughter at many of the funny things said & unsaid by these women, wo were obviously close friends, while chatting around the table with each other.

But in the last 30 minutes of this documentary, the mood completely changed.

It had been a day of fond reminiscing, friendly teasing, inside friendly banter & a discussion on more serious memories of their first husbands (whom had since passed).

There had been both endearing & surprising behaviour from these four octogenarian friends during the filming.

The Finale

But what changed the mood so suddenly? It was the mention of a friend who had made their own preplanned funeral arrangements.

All those around the table became very somber, although a few were feisty,  in how dare this friend ask if they too had made plans for their funerals.

Yes, the mood had definitely changed! I clearly observed real fear take up residence in each one of their faces on this subject.

Then the matriarch of the group abruptly ended the filming.

While eating lunch & drinking cups of tea, after the film, my friend & I discussed how interesting it had been to watch & learn more about these women.

Though later that night, I found myself rather deep in thought about these ladies.

An Observation 

These women had all reached the absolute pinnacle of their profession, each had been honoured & awarded the highest title of the land for their work.

But none of them had any future Eternal hope.

Each one had shown a real palpable fear of death & dying. This is not my judgement but an observation through decades of experience in Clinically Counselling.

A quote kept coming to mind as I reflected upon this, it was a quote that hung in the main lecture theatre at the Bible college I graduated from;

“Only one earth life, Soon it will pass, Only what’s done for Jesus will last.” 

C.T. Studd

I thought of my own personal account of dying shared in the following excerpt;

Chapter Three

And the promised hope that I have come to know intimately through Jesus. Death for me does not hold any fear or terror for I know whom I believe & what awaits those whom believe in Him.

Do you fear death my friend?

There is One who can take that fear & turn it into joyful hope if you but allow Him. More in Prayer

Until next time,

Jennifer

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