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April Joy Fisher Barber; a precious friend who captivated the...

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:13:24 -0600

April Joy Fisher Barber; a precious friend who captivated the attention of everyone who she graced with even a small bit of her time, died February 15, 3:15pm. She ‘passed away’, she ‘crossed over’, she ‘left us’. No matter how you choose to state it, she is no longer here with her family, her friends, her community. April had cancer and she fought, she fought hard the fight against all that cancer is and she won. She has cancer no more, she will have cancer never again. She has no more pain, no more treatments, no more anxiety, no more concern for those things she cannot change. She is free and she has won!

April was a very extraordinary lady. I never saw her that she wasn’t smiling and trying to make sure that everyone around her was taken care of and happy. I have to say, when she smiled, you simply had to smile in return. She had this amazing smile and an infectious tinkling laugh. Even now, when I think of April, I hear her laugh, throwing her head back with wild abandon and letting it rip!

I attended her funeral. But it was anything but a typical funeral. It truly was a celebration of her life. There were tears, many of them. There were mourners, many of them. There were the tissues being passed around and the hugs of comfort between friends and family. Words of encouragement that will probbly all but be forgotten, but spoken all the same out of hearts that genuinely love and mourn the loss. There is a loss, for us down here, there is a giant hole that once was April. There are memories, there are photos, there are stories, but she is no longer here to touch, hear and see….there is a giant vacant spot that she filled. Now, that hole in heaven is filled with her presence. I know all of heaven rejoiced when she walked through those gates, when the Son of God spoke to her and welcomed her in saying, “Well DONE thou good and faithful servant” how full of joy He must’ve been to have her home.

While sitting there in that beautiful, worship filled service I couldn’t help but ponder all that April was, she was such an amazing ambassador of Christ. No one who met her could have a conversation with her without hearing about her relationship with her savior. She absolutely oozed the presence of the Lord, His love and graciousness permeated her being. As I sat there and heard all that was shared by her friends and family about her godliness, her virtuous manner, I was humbled and inspired. I want to be like April.

I was challenged by her life and by the Holy Spirit. To be like April is to be more like Jesus. To be more like Jesus is to love Him more and to allow Him to have more of me.

In our church service this morning, I was challenged the same way. To let His Words be mine, to love as He loves, to serve as He serves.

The legacy of every Christian should be that through our life others are drawn closer, not just to us, but to Christ. That we can say, as Paul said, “Follow me as I follow Christ.”

This is what I want my life to be, The legacy I want to leave behind, especially for my children. That I am a woman who loves God with my whole heart and that I live my life to honor Him, to love others, to be an example of His love and grace so that others would want to fall in love with Him too.

Our legacy can only be what we live. Sure, others will tell their own version of who they perceive us to be, but what their perceptions are as a whole will tell our story more honestly than we can. The seeds we plant through our life into the lives of others will be the harvest our legacy reaps.

What seeds are we planting?

If we plant seeds of anger, bitterness, fear, stress, contention, criticism, hate…that is the harvest we will reap. If we want to reap a harvest of love, hope, joy, peace, godliness, lovliness, respect, honor, then these are the seeds we must plant, NOW!

We are not promised tomorrow, the seeds we’ve planted may be forced to mature much sooner than we would want. What harvest will you reap? What harvest will I reap?

That is what I brought home with me yesterday. The celebration of April’s life convinced me, I want to make sure that I plant good seeds, faithful seeds, seeds that will reap the harvest God intended from my life. A life honoring to Him.

April, thank you for your life, for your inspiration, for being who you are; an amazing, precious woman of GOD, MY FRIEND.

I love you. I will miss you. I will see you one day and I will hear your laugh for eternity (If I listen closely I believe I can hear it being whispered in my ear even now….maybe God knows we need to hear it just a bit more).

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