Banking Issues

Revelation 21: 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

I had read some years ago, that you are supposed to go to the bank right after someone passes to tell them to send back the person's Social Security check and any other checks they may have received, so you don't get in trouble. I think the implication was that some people kept the money that was sent that month and didn't have any plans of returning it to the issuing entity.

After I found out that my bank does not return the checks, I did some banking things on Dad's accounts, since I was also on his accounts. I put the two accounts into one. I started the procedures to divide the remaining assets equally between Dad's three children.

Then, I asked the bank manager if I had to get new checks on Dad's account. I had been doing well until I tried to explain. I told her that I wanted to continue to use the same checks with Dad's and my name on them, because I didn't want to take Dad's name off of the checks. I thought I was going to start bawling right then and there, but was just leaky around the edges. The bank manager was very gracious about it. I need to continue to remember to turn my grief over to Christ's very capable hands.

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Dividing Up Things

John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

If felt it was my place to take Dad's remaining objects, certificates, etc. and divide them among his grandchildren, so they had keepsakes of his. It became an all consuming project. I couldn't go to sleep until late, because I wanted to get it divided up and mark that off my list of things I wanted to do for Dad. 

 Next, was the packing it up. I thought it wouldn't take long, but took much longer than I ever anticipated. Again, I approached this task with vigor and barely stopped to eat. I felt that when I had mailed off all the boxes to the relatives and had written the thank you cards, I would feel relieved. 

 I did feel relieved, because I wanted to do it for Dad. It didn't stop the grief, though, which seems to come out when I least expect it. I'm finding that it especially comes out when I have to explain things to other people. I don't seem to feel it as much when I don't have to explain things. I think I'm possibly trying to stay busy, busy, busy, too busy to feel. I've got to keep remembering to turn my grief over to my Lord and Savior. He knows what I need.
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Lunch With a Friend

1 Corinthians 15: 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

I went to lunch with a friend on the particular weekend we meet each month. I had decided to get Chicken Fried Steak, since my dad liked it so much. I like it too, but don't usually eat it often, because I have high cholesterol. This was the second time I've eaten Chicken Fried Steak in a the last week and a half.

The friend asked how I was doing and I said fine. I wanted to tell her about the excellent service we got from the funeral service that was recommended to us. That's all it took. It seemed that once I started, I told detail after detail, when they hadn't been requested.

You would think that sharing all that information would leave me feeling better, but it just left me feeling drained. I need to remember to put this grief into Christ's very capable hands.

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Dad's Funeral

Romans 8: 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

We were very fortunate that we had gotten advice from someone from the local Funeral Consumer's Alliance. They are a nonprofit organization that protects consumer's rights to choose a meaningful, dignified, and affordable funeral. She suggested two very reputable funeral homes in our area and we chose one for Dad and prepaid it several years ago, when he was going in and out of the hospital and the doctors didn't expect him to make it much longer. 

 It was such a relief, knowing that all those details were already taken care of. I was felt good that Dad was no longer suffering and had passed peacefully. I was happy to have our immediate families with us and a couple of friends at the funeral at the National Cemetery. 

 I was fine until they took the flag off of Dad's coffin and started to fold the flag. I put my hand over my mouth, because I was afraid that I might make some kind of noise as I cried. To top that all off, one of the soldiers handed me the flag and stared right into my eyes as he thanked me for my dad's service. It's at times that I think I'm holding it all together, when Christ shows me that I still have grief that I have to deal with, yet. I need to keep remembering to put this into Christ's very capable hands. 
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