My Little Corner of the Universe

A couple of nights ago, a dear sister of ours, sister Oranday, passed away due to cancer. Last night, the talk was given at a double Kingdom Hall and an amazing 735 brothers and sisters showed up. Both Kingdom Halls were filled, obviously, with people still standing in the hallways. Truly this made the family feel better in this time of harship. The talk was a beautiful one. He talked about how well she took the news of her condition. Of course, it was due to the hope she and all of us have of the resurrection. And that is truly loving of Jehovah, to give us that hope. And, in her pespective, an opening and closing of her eyes, she will have been raised up, already in the new system of things.

It was wonderful to see all of the brothers and sisters there. Some had traveled quite a bit to get there. Here is where Psalm 133:1 comes in again. And even thought it was all short notice, everything "[took] place decently and by arrangement", following Jehovah's example (1 Corinthians 14:33, 40).

The brother also talked about her life, her raising her children and grandchildren in the "discipline and mental-regulating of Jehovah (Ephesians 6:4). This is a family where you can find regular pioneers, a Bethelite, elders, ministerial sevants, and excellent publishers. He talked about her great example of hospitality and love torward her family, fleshly and spiritual. He talked about her strong faith and her view torwards Kingdom interests, serving, with her husband, as regular pioneers right up until the end.