Lincoln
White, 86, died December 18, 2016, with family at his side in Henderson, Nevada.
2 Peter
1:10-15 Therefore, brethren,
be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these
things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you
abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. For
this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things,
though you know and are established in the present truth. Yes, I think it
is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you, knowing
that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ
showed me. Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a
reminder of these things after my decease.
At
least for me, it seems natural that we discover a characteristic name about
everyone who touches our life. Debbie is this way, Vikki is that way and
Michael is another, so we tend to develop a title that helps our memory of the
individual. Lincoln White is no exception. Ever since Linc married my Aunt Pat
in 1976, he always seemed to be a man gifted with allowing those close to him
to take center stage as he supported and provided for their success. We lived
pretty far away, but always got together on occasional holidays as families do
and each visit was founded and centered in hospitality and love. I’d sit and
watch as Linc (a pillar of strength) provided the reinforcing assistance and confidence-building
encouragement for his cherished wife. During his lifetime, Linc led from the
from and proved guidance and leadership to everyone and in everything he engaged
in, from his work to his lodge to his family to his emails to the world. Yet,
in all that he did, you could see the essential goal of providing something
that would improve the people and their lives that he touched. He left a legacy
of providing. The great ones do.
2
Timothy 4:6-8 For I am already
being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I
have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally,
there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to
all who have loved His appearing.
My
Aunt Pat told me, in one of my last conversations with her before her passing,
that my generation was soon losing her generation and not to take them for
granted, but learn from them all that we can (from their experience and wisdom)
before they are gone and we no longer have the ability or opportunity for such
a great blessing in love. Do not take for granted, but cherish and take advance of the time we have with loved ones. Lincoln White has gone to be with the Lord in glory, but his dash was dashing while he was here.
Thanks be to God for His life of sacrificial giving and teaching us all to be a
better person in this life.
In
Christ, Brian
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