Pastor Dom

From Jim:

I just attended a memorial for a very dear man of God who passed last Saturday afternoon. This is a man who loved deeply those around him and showed it by the life he lived.

As I drove up to the church I saw an ocean of cars in the parking lot and I knew this was not going to be the usual memorial service, as we walked up to the door the line was outside the building and all the way across the front to get in.
I told Joy that this was a testimony of who this man of God really was.

The memorial started with music that encouraged us to celebrate this occasion of home going after which there was testimony of how this man encouraged and sowed into so many lives that they could not be numbered.

The message was good as well but the thing that stood out the most was how this man celebrated life, he would let you grieve, complain, even pout for a little while but he would soon let you know you needed to get on with living your life.

We celebrated pastor Dom's life with a few family members who were encouraging us as they grieved in their hearts, not for him, but for those of us who have to wait to see him again on the other side.

We left encouraged to continue with life's every day battles, we left knowing we were a little bit better for having known this man and because of knowing Pastor Dom, we left encouraged to sow into peoples lives every where we go, both to those who think they need help and those who don't.

There is a reason I wanted to blog on this man, I think we all want to be remembered like Pastor Dom, I think we all need to be encouraged to live like him because he only wanted to live like Jesus.

That therein is the answer, live like Jesus, live life as a celebration, live life sowing into the lives of those no one else wants to sow into.

Pastor Dom Duarte, was very much loved, and he will be very much missed. He already is!