Its always sad to lose someone, but this was a young man, just turned 30. He was what we would conventionally call disabled, and required extra care and support throughout his life. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Why do I note this here? Well, its mainly because there's so much talk about Christians not having anything different to offer. Sometimes that's true. Sometimes its because we are so steeped in Christianity that everyone is always benefiting from the Christian world view - and the practice that results. That's true even when most people don't know it!
If you want difference, if you want to hear love demonstrated, then listen to the story of his life, the way he affected those in a close relationship with him. They describe how he brought them closer to Jesus. Hear about his legacy, the good work that will help others, that has already been done because of him, and will go on, because somethings are (rightly) unstoppable. We talk about celebrating someone's life, here I think we succeeded.
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