Today was a very sad day in Fetcham, it was the funeral and thanksgiving for Patrick and Gillian Kettyle, a couple who were tragically murdered in my home village in November. I didn't know them in person but I know their son who on occasion came to the youth group I ran. When the incident happen my thoughts turned immediately to my home town and more importantly to this poor young man who had lost both of his parents. So I went along today to support this young man and also the village that I love so much.
Now this blog isn't about what happened, this is about who we are as people and the service and what I witnessed today. Now I didn't need to know Patrick and Gillian to know what they were like, today's service showed that they were clearly loving and lovely people. The essence of it all was love. Pure love. Making what happened to them even more tragic. The stories recounted by family members were testament to that. Their son made his tribute to his parents thanking them for all their love and support making me think even more that our time here is precious. This guy has lost his parents at a very young age, not meaning to frighten anyone but these could be our last days here - we simply don't know how long we are here for. We need to love more in this world. Take the time, build relationships. It is what Jesus commanded us to do. To put it simply, if you love someone, just tell them - your mum, dad, brother, sister, boyfriend, girlfriend, crush, grandparents, friends - whoever it is just tell them. We all dont do enough to love each other, myself included but with all that has happened in the past few weeks and today has highlighted that we need to even more.
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