Ben & Tracy Blanton
To Jeannie, and family, Tracy and I are holding you in our prayers, for the loss felt will be great. The relief from the pain and struggle of just living each day gives me comfort to know my friend is now no longer held captive in the body we knew as Tom. After many hours of talking with Tom, I know now he has confirmed what his heart held about the God/Man Jesus, is no longer by faith, but by site. I know the Glory of God has been revealed to Tom now. The same man who sometime found it hard to express on his tongue the breadth and width of his hearts belief.
For you Jeannie, this also is another life changing event, sorta like marriage and having kids per Faith Training class. You are forever a Saint in our hearts because of your unselfish giving for so many years to a spouse, who's life was given to you after the motorcycle crash. Only you had the faith, strength and wisdom to take what God laid in your arms doing for him until a plane hanger and workshop could be built in heaven for Tom.
I now accept the mantle Tom has dropped down to me like Elijah did for Elisha. Numerous times he said he liked talking to me because of our intellect. His intellect placed him as the smarter of the two of us and I accepted that place of his as being so. Now that Tom has entered into the Holy Hanger, I now accept my being the smartest one on earth awaiting my time when the Lord will call my name. I have only myself to talk intellect to now but understand that I will always have the correct answers to my questions!
You know I say this in jest, the same as Tom and I said these things to each other. You can be sure that when Tom loved you, you knew it. I hope he felt as loved as I did when I was around him.
My heart really breaks at his loss. I cry tears of joy and grief and join my heart with yours as the days will continue to come, but never fill the emptiness we all feel.
Tracy & Ben Blanton
