Jerry

Hi PPl,

Its been over a week since my nephew passed away. His name, Jeremiah James Abraham and he was only eighteen. He was doing his engineering Degree in Ipoh and lived his last months back and forth from Ipoh to sitiawan where he helps his parents with Church on weekends. Jerry as what we most affectionately called him was the right hand man for his dad and the support to his parents. This sweet child was the 2nd child born to my cuz. He and his sister was my darling as we grew up together until just few years back where I got busy with much stuff in KL and all… Jerry was a bright amazing boy. For him he sees black as black and white is white. For a young boy his maturity in Christ was remarkable. It happened in a short span of 16 days, before that there was no obvious symptoms only a complain of severe head ache for two days, with that as shared by my cuz sister he still went to church for the all night prayer and went to church on Sunday again. He was on the bigger scale on the weight side but his heart was bigger for Gods work. His mom and dad had to literally push him up the stairs to get him up as he was really week. He went for a CT scan, found a tumor, went for an opp thru the nostrils, went thru the life support, went for another opp thru the brain and found that the tumor was rooted to the scull and the brain. And passed away when his granny came back from India. Funny when I found out about him being admitted, I sent a msg out for prayer thru face book and sms’s and my hubby approached his office pals for support. And everyone was asking the name of the parents, they don’t even know the situation…you see Tash one of the youths in RS is a stage 4 cancer patient, when I ask prayer for her. Every one is geared up to pray in faith for that young one. But for Jerry’s case so many of them came back to want to pray for the parents for strength. Even my hubby’s colleague’s prayed for his parents to accept. I think so many of them picked it up in their spirit that it’s His time. Even my Aunty, Jerry’s Granny that was in India had visions that Jesus was carrying Jerry to a Beautiful white Coffin.
As my cuz was standing at the funeral service sharing Jerry’s testimony, there was not one eye that was dry in that room. Over 800ppl filled the house to pay their final respects, only showed me that the life Jerry lived was such an impact full life. He would have lived a short life, but he lived a full life in Christ. This boy was one amazing boy, as we sat down talking about all the memories…we were reminded on what such a loving child he was. He would even at his adolescent years express his love to his parent and wish everyone goodnight, every night before he is off to sleep. He would never take people for granted. But he also was a choleric, if he did not like something he would say it out, but that only proved that he does not keep things in his heart. He would complement the food that his mom cooked in a rush before off to minister to the estate side of Sitiawan to telling her that he loved her so much. He would be the first to wake up and have his devotion. His diary will be filled with names of ppl that needs prayer and all of the family member’s names were written in there to be prayed for, this is so he will not miss any out. Oh yes he loved life so much. Then he wakes mom for prayer and after moms devotion, she gets more shut eye while he gets his youngest brother ready for school. Honks the van to signal the girls that live next door to their house to send them off to school (The church has a home for young girls) send mommy dearest to work. My cuz sis also added that since he was still on probation license. He would never drive any vehicle without the ‘P’ sticker. He moves the sticker from car to car when he drives. On Sunday mornings, he leaves home at 7 am to bring people to church from Air Tawar to sitiawan. About 20KM drive and off he goes to bring more ppl to church, then sends them back. Their ministry is towards the estates in Perak side, hence the people that come are mostly poor but truly hungry for God. Awesome right. The funeral service was so beautiful and only songs of praises were sung.
He was a boy after Gods own heart, as you can see; you would know why he went back to daddy. But it hurts, very much and sometimes most of the times we can’t explain this. I always see death and life to be one of God’s amazing mysteries and choose not to question Him when it comes to this.. Not that I am trying to be humble or anything, it’s just that something’s are just beyond my imagination and beyond my human ability to comprehend. So I save myself the misery of wanting understand things beyond my minds capabilities…, I know my daddy God knows best and life belongs to him and I do know that only HE, HE alone has the power to give and to take away.. it took along time for me to understand that but knowing that daddy knows best and has control in this situation helps so much, but honestly it still hurts. It hurts so much. That my eyes just did not want to stop from flowing…(You can imagine the head ache I had after that) In fact as a mother I know it will hurt so much that you feel your heart is about to explode. Just imagining my kids not being here with me stabs my heart.. so I in a way I was able to feel, not total but a tiny bit could feel what my Cuz went thru. As they were burring his body, I held the umbrella for my cuz, and I heard her whisper; “Father God, I know I am suppose to let him go to you, but its painful, so painful. I am sorry, but it hurts.” When she said that my heart broke. It rained; rained so heavily that we had to speed things up and to see the members of the church themselves bare footed and buried Jerry’s body, was breathtaking. I would say this was a boy that was one of a kind and I learnt so much from my experience there. The funeral, the lives, the commitment, the love, wow..amazing..

Jerry will be missed so much, but at the same time, I know we will be meeting him soon when he welcomes us back home with The big JC…..His life was such an impact full life. A life fully lived and love given all to GOD. Never thought my Young cute nephew would have impacted more lives when he passed on from earth. To God be all the glory.

Love you all so much till then..

JEN