E. suffered from Alzheimer’s for nine years before she died early Tuesday morning.  At her memorial service today, the chaplain noted even after her mind and memory disappeared, her songs remained with her.  She kept singing. 

So it was fitting for J., who is a dementia sufferer himself, to sing Great Is Thy Faithfulness at her service.  His songs have remained too, as God has remained faithful to him. 

Sitting in our white pews, we in the congregation sang For All the Saints.  One line caught me:

We feebly struggle, they in glory shine.

We are feeble, and we struggle — whether we’ve lost our minds or only think we have.  And I wonder, what is it in us that will shine?  Maybe there’s a particle of light lodged in us that will grow up one day to burn like a hot sun.