And "my dear model" died! Farewell Maama!!! I love you....

"Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me
where I am."-John 17:24

O death! why dost thou touch the tree beneath whose spreading branches
weariness hath rest? Why dost thou snatch away the excellent of the
earth, in whom is all our delight? If thou must use thine axe, use it upon
the trees which yield no fruit; thou mightest be thanked then. But why
wilt thou fell the goodly cedars of Lebanon? O stay thine axe, and
spare the righteous. But no, it must not be; death smites the goodliest of
our friends; the most generous, the most prayerful, the most holy, the
most devoted must die. And why? It is through Jesus' prevailing
prayer-"Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me
where I am." It is that which bears them on eagle's wings to heaven. Every
time a believer mounts from this earth to paradise, it is an answer to
Christ's prayer. A good old divine remarks, "Many times Jesus and His
people pull against one another in prayer. You bend your knee in prayer
and say 'Father, I will that Thy saints be with me where I am'; !
Christ says, 'Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me,
be with Me where I am.'" Thus the disciple is at cross-purposes with his
Lord. The soul cannot be in both places: the beloved one cannot be with
Christ and with you too. Now, which pleader shall win the day? If you
had your choice; if the King should step from His throne, and say, "Here
are two supplicants praying in opposition to one another, which shall
be answered?" Oh! I am sure, though it were agony, you would start from
your feet, and say, "Jesus, not my will, but Thine be done." You would
give up your prayer for your loved one's life, if you could realize the
thoughts that Christ is praying in the opposite direction-"Father, I
will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am."
Lord, Thou shalt have them. By faith we let them go.