In August, our sweet bass player Jim Gulley, went to be with the Lord. None of us saw it coming, not even Jim. As we prepared for his victory celebration, we reminisced of what Jim had meant in our lives. I know each person remembered different things, but the band remembered a man who conquered his fears, was up for anything as far as bass playing went (and the ukulele!), and a man who loved his wife deeply. Every day, Jim set an example on how to be a Christian and an excellent husband and father.
We had to add chairs to the church for his victory celebration. People from Jim’s work, his wife Edie’s work, St. Peter, and the other church that Jim served in as bass player, gathered to celebrate his life. We laughed, we cried, we remembered. Jim was so full of life, and he shared it with everyone around him.
Life, of course, keeps moving, but there are small reminders of Jim everywhere. I pray we can all be the example that Jim was in our world. At your victory celebration, will we be adding chairs?
“And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut…Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” Matthew 25: 10, 13
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