JONES, Bryan John. 29th November 1940 – 10th May 2022. Passed away peacefully at Waikato Hospital. Dearly loved husband of Diana for 56 years. Loved Dad of Neil and Erin, Ross and Melanie, Dean and Rochelle. Cherished Poppa of Rawiri, Mariah, Alyssa, Shauna and Jessie. Loved Great Poppa of 8 Great-Grandchildren. Son of the late Cecil and Mary Jones and loved brother of Anne, Kaye, Peter and Paul.
A service to celebrate Bryan’s life will be held at the Zion Centre, Racecourse Road, Te Awamutu on Saturday 14th May at 12.00pm, followed by burial at the Te Awamutu Cemetery. All communications to The Jones Family, c/- 262 Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu 3800.
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I just want to leave a comforting message for my dear sister & family, for we have lost a part of us with the departure of dear Brian, a dedicated husband, father, grandfather, brother, brother inlaw & great friend. We will all miss you dearly Brian, but know we will be together again. With Love Gubby.
One nobleman said: ‘Life is like a banquet hall. Inside is light… fire… warmth and feasting, but outside it is cold and dark. A sparrow flies in through a window at one end… and out through a window at the other end. That is what life is like. At birth we emerge from the unknown, and for a brief while we are here… with a fair amount of comfort and happiness. But then we fly out into the cold… dark… unknown future. [Can] this new religion… lighten that darkness for us?’
We who believe in the resurrection can answer, ‘Yes!’ A faulty heartbeat, a malignant cell, or a tragic accident can end life as we know it. But that’s not the end. And unless you believe that, here is what you’re left with: ‘If Christ has not been raised, then your faith is a delusion and you are still lost in your sins… believers in Christ who have died are lost. If our hope in Christ is good for this life only and no more, then we deserve more pity than anyone else in all the world. But the truth is that Christ has been raised from death, as the guarantee that those who sleep in death will also be raised.’ (1 Corinthians 15:17–20 GNT)
For the believer, the end of life on earth is the beginning of a glorious life with Christ in Heaven!
‘When we die and leave this earthly body, we will have a house in Heaven.’ 2 Corinthians 5:1 NLT
When you die, you simply leave one form of life and enter another. Consider the first law of thermodynamics: neither energy (as in your soul and spirit) nor matter (as in your body) can be destroyed. They can be transformed into other forms, but they can’t be annihilated.
Burris Jenkins said it this way: ‘No single atom in creation can go out of existence, according to the scientists; it only changes in form. We cannot burn up anything; we simply change it from a solid to a gaseous state. Neither is any energy or force ever destroyed; it is only changed from one form to another.’ If a person actually ceased to exist, they would be the one thing in the world that does.
So when you die, what happens? The Bible says: ‘We know that when this tent we live in—our body here on earth—is torn down, God will have a house in Heaven for us to live in… which will last forever. And now we sigh, so great is our desire that our home which comes from Heaven should be put on over us; by being clothed with it… it is not that we want to get rid of our earthly body, but that we want to have the heavenly one put on over us, so that what is mortal will be transformed by life. God… gave us His Spirit as the guarantee of all that He has in store for us.’ (2 Corinthians 5:1–5 GNT)
Think of it like this: your last day on earth will be your best day ever! How awesome is that?