This is our dear friend Guy Canaday's video. He was our music pastor for almost 15 years and a very close family friend. He died of cancer after a horrific battle. He trusted God to the very end and was courageous. We shared some wonderful times with him. It was a blessing to have someone we could trust 110% as a pastor you don't always have that. He was a big part of our family. I had tried to write about him several times but I just can't really share all that is on my heart. He was truly a brother to me we figured he had to be Jon's brother in law LOL and an uncle to our kids. It's so hard to think he is gone from this earth- I've grieved ever since he got his diagnosis which was bad from the beginning. It's been hard to see someone who has served God so faithfully suffer so much. When he finally passed I felt peace about it because all the suffering was over. From the beginning he'd say "I don't want to fail God" He never failed God, he was so strong and he trusted God. He was an example of someone who lived for God and died for God. There will never be another person like him, he was unique. He loved God and I smile when I think of all the wonders of heaven he is experiencing. But it's hard for everyone left behind. He leaves a big hole.
My son and I did this video. Guy picked the song which I had never heard but it is perfect. This has been a hard situation for us and his family. Our church is sad he was such a part of everything.
I'm glad we have the hope of heaven. Heaven gets sweeter as time goes by.
oh Yvonne, your pain at losing Guy is so evident in your words. I am truly sorry for your family and his family's loss. The video is so perfect and it made me cry too, for this man I have not known this side of Heaven. But yes, Heaven does get sweeter as time goes by and what fun it will be to meet Guy there some day!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's been such a loss. Today I put a big iron cross on his grave until the monument comes-it seems surreal.
DeleteHe loved BIG! He'd be happy to meet you. (I hit publish too soon) He loved to sing about heaven. At his funeral we sang "What a Happy Time" and 'When we all get to Heaven"
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