I want to take today to remember my grandfather, Gdad, who passed away this morning. GJ Minton lived to 85 years and had prostate cancer for 35 of them. I can’t imagine having a better grandfather, or a better man, to model such joy and love for people. This ride may be for Alzheimer’s, but we ride for all of those who inspire us, all who have touched our lives in ways that push us to our limit. Gdad has always inspired me to be a better man and to love people the way he did, to radiate joy the way he did.
1 Corinthians 15:48-49 “As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.”
1 Corinthians 15:55 “Death is swallowed up in victory.” O death, where is your victory” O death, where is your sting?”
It is times like these that God is closest. It is easy to be so caught up in this world that we end up calling it home. We can only find refuge in what never perishes, in what never fails.
In loving memory,
Jordan Minton
