Their faces showed immeasurable sorrow as they stood mourning the death of son* and brother.
Yet the words they chose to honor Nate’s life speak of coming joy: You have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you (John 16:22).
It seems to me that while he lived, he prayed.
*Nathanael Kok, follower of Jesus and student of Aurora Christian School, died October 3, 2017, in a car accident.