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rrfiefami{y of:M.r. Jon SUfney Lay wouUCikg to persona[{y tlianfteveryonefor tlieir prayers, card's, fCowers, plione ca[[s, visits, tokgns ofaffection anasupport, in aadition to a[[tlie otlier acts ofRjnaness. Word's can not e~ress our truefeeCings. }I very specia[tliank. goes to (])r. Laura WeaftCand; (])r. :M.e[issa Os6orn, anatlie entire staffofHospice}ItCantafor your care. We recognize tliat Jon is CooRjng aown on us smiCing anasaying... "I got tliis". :M.ay (]oa 
6estow marry 6Cessings on your fives. 
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 rrfie endofsometliing is . 
often uncomforta6Ce. 
rrfie endof 
a paddCe, a needCe, a tanftofgas, a c[iff, a rope, a marriage, a fije. 
Wliat's so liard is tlie sense 
ofimminent pain-tlie sense offaffing witli no net. We 
try to avoid tlie end, cfe{ay tlie end, deny tlie end; even run from tlie end, 6ecause we ftnow tliat em6racing tlie endwi[[6e fiRg liugging a cactus-causing un6e[ieva6{e pain andmany scars. P.m6racing tlie endis afso liard 6ecause we can't even imagine a new 6eginning. rrfie present, no matter liow painfulandliorri6Ce, feefs fami[iar andeven ''safe". Infact, tlie 6etter tlie present andrecent past liave 6een, tlie more inconceiva6{e sometliing ((different" seems. 
So we wonder in a uno-man's fand," fiRg ajacRfa66it zigzagging across a desert -notjust una6{e to em6race tlie end, 6ut afso una6{e to em6race tlie 6eginning of 
sometliing efse. On top oftliat, wefee[gui[tyfor our cowardice, for our indecision, for ourfears, for our tears, for sti[[wanting a miracCe. We are liard 
on ourse[ves, condemning ofourse[ves witliout goodreason. 
Just fooftat Jesus- 
Prom tlie 6eginning ofJfis fife, Jfe 10flEWwliat J{is endwould6e. Jfe ftnew