Posted on 09/14/2013 9:35:26 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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Rest in Peace
RIP
Blackie Owens, USN
RIP
Fair winds and following seas. You will be missed, my friend.
I going to miss Blackie... His fellowship as a Rider, and his wit and wisdom he gave to us.
Dang Nab it! Keep that shiny side up Blackie...
We’ll ride together again when I get up there...
JD
Too funny....FReeper Motorcycle Hooligans.
Most fitting...he loved SPEED on the back roads!
RIP
Fair winds and following seas sailor. There is a bond between those that have plied the briny deep.
Rktman. A fellow Navy vet.
Rest in peace, dear friend. Prayers up!
I only knew blackie by name recognition, but I was struck by the fact that the first item on blackie’s profile page is Scripture by the Lord Jesus Christ:
Jesus said:
“When these things begin to come to pass,
then look up, and lift up your heads,
for your redemption draweth nigh.” - -
(Luke 21:28)
Instantly, another Scripture came to my mind:
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” 1Cor 13:12
Then I began to review blackie’s posts and soon I encountered another Scripture quoted by blackie (on a Tim Tebow thread):
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6
It had been an instant reply to the previous post by Licensed-To-Carry who said:
“John 14:6 is the key verse in the whole Bible, its as simple as that.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2989408/posts?page=10#10
I feel great joy for blackie that he now abides with his Redeemer and Lord Jesus, face to face, and I pray that knowledge comforts his family and friends in his physical absence from them.
PS: In my mind’s eye, I am also beginning to see a Freeper contingent in heaven and look forward to meeting, face to face, so many wonderful, precious, and kindhearted Freepers I may never be privileged to meet here on earth.
Sincere prayers to Blackie and his loved ones.
RIP Blackie.
(Thanks Martin for the FMH ping.)
Thank you for the post Kathy.
Saddens me to know such a good cyberFRiend is gone. Deepest condolences to Barb. Barb you are in my thoughts and prayers.
Blackie was a Giant.
Blackie was a good freeper and will be missed here by all of us.
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Men cannot always labor nor live forever. Today, one of us answers not our call. Once he lived and labored among us, but now his star has set on this world and he has passed into the light that lies beyond the darkness of the valley of the shadow of death. In vain we call him here. We shall no more hear his voice until we shall have answered, in another world, that same voice that has called him thither.
Let us then, not mourning as those who have no hope, pay the last sad offices of pious duty to the dead; since he, like one who sails slowly away from the shores of a dear land, a little while ago familiar to him, and hears in the stillness of the night the murmur of the waves among its cliffs, may still hear the murmer of our voices, and see, as the angels do, these last rites and evidences of our affections.
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And when your trembling soul shall stand naked and alone before the Great White Throne, may it be your portion, my brother, to hear from Him who sitteth as Judge Supreme, the welcome words:
Well done, good and faithful servant! Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord!
Eternal rest granted unto him oh Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace, Amen.
Eternal rest granted unto him oh Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace, Amen.
Yes, he was a good cyberFRiend.
Both he and Barb have not been doing well for a while now.
I got this email in February when I asked if they were making forward progress.
"I dont know about progress; we are both still alive, Barb has only one good lung and I have congestive heart failure and have to monitor my electrolytes every day. We are both on oxygen and will both be here as long as the good Lord wills it. :)
He had great faith! He is now whole and at peace. Prayers continue for Barb and the family.
Fair winds and following seas, Brother.
Prayers for your friends and loved ones for their, and our, loss.
Came on board around midnight. This was the third headline on the page. I went into some kind of shock and came ddirectly to this thread to tell blackie that I prayed the Angels had escorted him to safe harbor. I did not pass go. But I couldn’t do it. I have been sitting here the better part of three hours just refreshing the page over and over and trying to think of something, anything, that could express how deeply sorry I am. The words fail.
blackie, you will be so missed,
Prayers for his family and everyone who loved him.
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