I have been praying my brother through his long war against cancer. This week, he lost the final battle.

The past two weeks he was bedridden, nearly immobile, eating nothing, existing on ice chips. Through hospice and our ministrations, he was kept relatively comfortable, but my prayer each day was that the end would come soon.

There were glimpses of the brother I truly loved and knew to be a beacon of light to all those around him. He still had…..

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