R.I.P. MawMaw....It’s Been A Year Since You Left Us

I can't believe that as of today it has been a year since my Grandmother died, and despite the deep void I'm doing better than I expected. It seemed like when she was gone I thought I wouldn't be able to live anymore, but day by day it gets better and lifes gets more wonderful. Like the late Elder Ward, MawMaw was a grace case; she was saved by, lived by, and entered glory by grace through Christ alone and nothing else. As I think more about the loss of MawMaw I'm reminded of a wake/funeral song of remembrance among my people. The song goes:

You know all, all of my friends.....they all turning their backs on toward me,
That's why I'm coming home......
I'm coming back home.......
Because that's where I belong.

You remember when I come home......I want to start, Lord, start all over again,
I'm coming back home and meet my dear old mother,
Because that's where I belong.

I'm, I'm coming home.....
I feel.....feel so all alone.
I'm coming back home and meet my dear old mother,
Because that's where I belong.

Truth is that I realize now more than ever that like MawMaw I'm a grace case, I would not be here were it not for my Sweet Lord's marvelous grace which knows no end.....and it is His grace that will enable me to drink of the chalice of death in my appointed hour, and say in honor with my final breath, "I'm coming back home, and meet my Precious Jesus......Because that's where I belong."