My Mother Has Gone Home

Mother's Day 1999

Betty Ruth Linsley died at 3:12 am Pacific time today.  Her dying was prolonged and at several times in the past 6 months we thought she would rally, but her 3 daughters know that this life is terminal. She would have been 89 in February.

For most of her life, my mother served Jesus Christ, the Son of God. In a very humble way, she led many to faith in HIM and I pray that her reward will be great in heaven. 

Dying is sometimes a slow and difficult process. Why some die instantly and others so slowly is a mystery.

In August, I was able to say goodbye to her. I prayed for her with my hand resting on her head and thought of how that head had breached her mother's womb at birth by God's grace and how she would breach the gateway to God's presence by that same grace.

As my older sister prayed for our mother she had this thought: "From life’s first cry to final breath, Jesus commands Mom's destiny."

Thanks to all who have prayed for her and our family: Tina, Ron, Sean, Margaret, Bishop David Chislett, David Ould, Brent, Michael, Lvka and Georgia.

Please remember her family as we will miss her very much.

Thank you.

Alice



For family and friends who wish to make a memorial gift, please consider a donation in her memory to one of these organizations:

The Christian Legal Society

USO