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"He was beautiful."
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That was the last time
we ever spoke of my brother's death.
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Indirectly, though, Paul was
always present in my father's thoughts.
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l remember the last sermon
l heard him give...
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not long before his own death.
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Each one of us here today will,
at one time in our lives...
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look upon a loved one who is in need
and ask the same question.
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"We are willing to help, Lord...
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but what, if anything, is needed?"
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It is true we can seldom help
those closest to us.
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Either we don't know what part
of ourselves to give...
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or more often than not,
the part we have to give...
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is not wanted.
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And so it is those we live with
and should know who elude us...
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but we can still love them.
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We can love completely...
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without complete understanding.
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Now nearly all those I loved and did
not understand in my youth are dead.
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Even Jessie.