To some of you she was Helen or Aunt Helen, but to me she was Nana. I didn't know this until recently that I shared the same desire and passion as her, my desire is to one day dwell in the house of the Lord. But my passion is to live my life according to His word. Like my Nana I teach bible studies and Sunday school. When she was at a point where she couldn't read her devotions anymore I would come in and read them to her. I don't think there was an hour or minute that went by that her heart wasn't with the Lord. She was constantly saying that she wanted to go home.. inside I was rejoicing because I knew where home was. I would often look to her when I had a question or when i just needed to hear her say oh heavens to Betsey. I still don't know who Betsey is.
To me it is amazing how we go from the cared for to the care giver. I remember when I was younger coming up in the Summer and staying at Nana's, and how she took care of us from making us our favorite Ham and cheese sandwiches to tucking us in at night. And now my most memorable experience would be helping care for the woman who cared for me all those years. I visited a lot in the past couple of months and the one thing that she constantly asked for was vanilla ice cream.. it came to a point where I had to feed it to her... and all I could think was thank you Nana for all the love you gave me... you cared for me all those years and here I am returning the favor. One of the scriptures that she had written down was the 23rd psalm and the part of the scripture that stuck out the most to me was the 6th verse which states
Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
Surely goodness and love did follow Nana all the days of her life and now she is dwelling in the house of the Lord.
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