Georgia
Georgia Christal
Born March 28th 1946
in the Presence of the Lord April 9, 2008
Georgia lived her life to its fullest with conviction and purpose.
She gave her most precious asset to those she loved, her time.
A wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and true friend.
Georgia always talked about wanting her earthly life to be a celebration to those who loved and cared for her.It is a time of sorrow for those of us left behind who will miss interacting with her and sharing in her love. For her, it is a celebration of a new everlasting life, no doubt, singing the hymns she loved, to the Savior she held dear.
Georgia was a woman so proud of her Czech heritage and what it gave to her, that it became the manner in which she lived her life, and the lens in which she viewed the world. It was her world of practicality, sharing, and a love for life.
Georgia would ask those of you celebrating her life today to cherish the time you have, use it wisely, and live your life. Georgia did not live life with wasted days. She spent the time she had doing the things she loved.
Below is a poem that Georgia cut out many years ago and taped to a page in one of her notebooks. It was special to her. It is something we can take with us today. This is Georgia.
A man may go to heaven without health, without wealth, without fame, without a great name, without learning, without culture, without friends, without ten thousand other things. But he can never go to heaven without Christ.
It is not what we EAT
but what we DIGEST
that makes us strong;
not what we GAIN
but what we SAVE
that makes us rich;
not what we READ
but what we REMEMBER
that makes us learned;
and not what we PROFESS
but what we PRACTICE
that makes us Christians.God does not COMFORT us to make us COMFORTABLE, but to make us COMFORTERS. Georgia wanted this to be a celebration. Those were her wishes, expressed many times. Take this candle with you in celebration of a full life. Light it, in joy, the next time you think of her.
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