Sunday, October 9, 2011

Eulogy for Liz


My eulogy to Liz:

When Liz was first diagnosed with lung cancer, she saw it as a wake-up call from God to return to Him, and to serve Him with boldness.

Never once did she get angry with God or challenge Him why He had allowed this on her. At times when I angrily questioned God why He did not heal her she would be sad and remind me that all would be done in His time.

While she may not have been physically healed, I know God worked in other tremendous ways in her life.

She was independent and strong all throughout the 2year plus period she fought the disease. She signed up for bible study courses, attended prayer meetings, Elpizo support group meetings and continued tirelessly updating her blog.

On weekends when she could, she would still cook for the kids – all their favourite food and ran a tight ship keeping the house clean from the 3 grubby men in her life.

She still planned our holidays in her own immaculate detailed way.

Through her plight she united a divided church to intercede for her, encouraged our cell group members to stay faithful in their walk and reached out to countless friends and strangers, believers and non-believers, through her blog. She even made new friends with fellow cancer-sufferers through her blog and met them and encouraged them.

In the last few months of her journey, we have been so blessed by the love of our church, our family and friends and even complete strangers who were moved by her plight to raise funds for new treatment.

In our home, a steady stream of friends and family visiting, praying and singing praises with her, uplifted her spirits and brought back joy to our household. Even friends staying the night with her to care for her, relieving us to rest, and cooking for our kids showed that God was providing for us.

I don’t want to remember my lovely Liz as the bed-ridden, emaciated cancer sufferer. I want to remember her as the bravest woman I know, whom I had the joy of sharing my life with in more than 11 years of marriage and whose memory will continue to live on in her life’s work, her children and her blog.

While we will all miss her deeply, we will continue to see Liz living on in her 2 boys: Nicholas has all her gentleness, creativity and love for people. Ethan has all her strong will, brilliant hand-eye co-ordination, great dance moves and love for outdoor activities.

In closing, I just want to share this little extract from her blog entry to encourage all of you. These were the words she shared a little while after being diagnosed

Each day He brings new revelation as I draw closer to Him seeking His face. And living in God’s presence is far more beautiful than anything else and has even overshadowed the disease. I say, blessed be the name of the Lord. I see Him not only working in my life but in Henry’s life, my mum’s life and even in my cell group’s lives and I pray that you too will “catch the fire”.

Thank you. Please do catch the fire and renew your faith anew in the Lord.

19 comments:

  1. Dear Henry,

    My deepest condolences to you and your family. Her blog has been a tremendous blessing to me as my mom was also a cancer patient. Liz's faith in God has been an encouragement to keep trusting the Lord.

    My mom went Home 3 days earlier than Liz, 3rd Oct when all has failed. I take consolation that despite my loss, her soul has gained freedom and a new Home. I hope they can make good friends in Heaven.

    Be strong, God bless,
    Raymond

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  2. Hi Readers of Liz's adventure,

    As a closure (although, I will always remember Liz, for she was and is still in some of my blog articles {which I would go over from time to time}, and in an archive of emails I sent to her concerning matters of the faith, in helping her to understand), I have done up a blog article on Liz's passing on.

    If you like, you can access it here: http://high-expressions.blogspot.com/2011/10/liz-has-passed-on-6th-oct-2011.html

    PS: No offence to anyone, my blog site is a Christian site.

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  4. Hi Hemry, Nic and Ethan,
    Thanks for uploading your eulogy. I just want to let you know that P (person mentioned by Liz in her blog) has received her PR status. When she called and told me, both us cried as we believe Liz must have been praying for her in heaven. We miss her dearly. Please bring them to Get Crafty whenever you are able.

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  8. Dear Henry, Nicholas, and Ethan,
    This is Aunt Doreen. I am sorry for not reaching out to you over a year since Liz left. I have been thinking of you all and at the same time I were trying to remember Liz's death. I want to remember all the fun and wonderful time I have with her. Liz had such a strong faith in god and being a Catholic, I admire her strong faith in god during her most difficult time in her life. I hope you are growing stronger each day and loving each other more each day. I will keep you all in my prayer and want you know that you have been blessed with Liz. Not everyone can meet such a kind, sweet and yet down-to-earth person easily. But you and I have found one, our Liz. God blesses you each day and keep you closer. Take care.

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  9. My deepest condolences to the family.
    I am truly touched by this blog.

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  10. It is so nice of her to put a strong facade despite her illness. I really admire her.

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