Five Months

So, it's been five months since you passed away. Five months ago, the world lost someone extraordinary. We will never be the same because of your life. We will never be the same because of your death. It's been five months, and the world is still spinning around. I really thought the world was coming to an end when I found out you were gone. It just didn't seem right that someone like you was taken from us.

We're still here...living, laughing, loving, serving God, singing the songs you loved to sing, talking with your precious wife, and seeing your beautiful daughter. She looks just like you, you know. A few weeks ago, I went to the dedication of the dorm that they built in your honor. I cried like it was the day you passed away. I miss you, Scott....a lot. I genuinely thought that you would always be here, someone we could count on and turn to always. I anticipated many more visits to your home, many more talks with you and Laura about ministry, many more chances to tell you how much you meant to me. Now I dream of Heaven a little more frequently, thinking about the day when I will meet Jesus face to face, and also reunite with the man who I looked up to (and still do) so much in my walk with God. You're gone but not forgotten, and I pray that your legacy would continue in me, and in all of us that you served and taught with so much love.