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It was 96 years ago that I was a stranger and Penny welcomed me. From that time until now, I observed Penny as she offered die refreshing water of hospitality and love to her slater, her mother-in-law, her friends, and always to Truman, Tru, Tim, Chris, Michael and Charlotte. As she did It to the least of all of us, she did It to our Lord Jesus who la now saying to Penny: Come, O blessed of my Father
Inherit the kingdom prepared for you. Today we might cooalder whether Penny herself la thirsty, now that we can no longer offer cold water to her? She Is not thirsty! Her every thirst Is now quenched, her every desire fulfilled. Hear from the Gospel of John what Jesus said to the Samaritan woman at the weD:
Everyone who drinks of well water will thirst again,
but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give her
will never thirst;
the water that I shall give her
will become tn her a spring of water
welling up to eternal life Finally, we have to confess our own deep need and thirst. Life without Penny is a dry, waterless place for those of ns who loved her best. Hear, then, words from Psalm 107:
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