“the same day in the evening of the first day of the week when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews.” – John 20:19-20
The family remembers Justin as a loving son, nephew, a dedicated daddy to his daughter and faithful friend. Justin consistently checked in on his cousin “Aja” to make sure she was “doing the right thing.” A few months ago I had the honor of baptizing Justin and Melanie’s beautiful baby girl-Laelah. Most of us-if not all of us have some special memories-times that we shared with Justin. And the perplexing point about what brings us together today is that we should have had so much more time to share- experience with Justin. I’m hoping that while we are all here together we can become more conscious of and more committed to the cause to stop short changing our selves out of meaningful relationships… In our text-the “A” part of verse nineteen of John 20:19 reads “the same day in the evening of the first day of the week when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews.”
