Jerahmia Lee McDonald Tribute

Your Birthday-September 22, 2009

Its a hard day for me but a good day also. Your memory, your smile, your face I can still see clearly, I can still hear you say MOM, I thank God he is keeping you alive in me today & I am able to go on day by day because of him, he is keeping me strong through this storm that I have faced with your loss, its funny though you are not dead, you are alive & OK, others don't understand, you are more alive now then you were hear on this earth when you were with us & soon we will be together again, the Lord has given us this hope & faith that one day we wll be together with our savior, our maker & all the loved ones that made it to Heaven. How can we thank God enough for what he did for us, we cant, I could never show enough gratitude & thanks to him in this lifetime but what I can do is share your testimony with others so they will know there is a God, I will continue sharing your music & you will live on in our hearts & minds until we meet again. So as we celebrate your birthday, each in a different way today, we will remember you, your laughter, your tears, your face your life & we will go on each day becoming stronger & stronger, that's what you wold have wanted for each of us. I miss you terribly but you are hear with me each day in my heart & never will I forget you. You were my special boy, you truly touched each of us in a mighty way when you were hear, how could we forget!!!! You were a child of wonder a child of God. I thank the Lord for the days we had with you while you were hear. I hope you have a wonderful birthday up there & hope you can see us somehow & know we miss you & are waiting for that day we will be with you again when we will all be perfect & it will be forever this time. I love you son, see you very soon. I ask the Lord to touch each person in a special way that comes to this website to celebrate & remember Jerahmia, bless each one & draw them to you.

Love your Mom & Monty

Its hard to believe you have been gone for a year already. This month has been hard on me but I a pushing forward as I know you would have wanted me to. I thank the Holy Spirit that he came to comfort me in my time of loss, without him I would have never made it. I thank the Lord that he sent the Angels to take you out of that car before it hit that tree & that Jesus took that last ride for you, he was there all the time! I thank the Lord that he took you to heaven in your worst time of suffering & that now there is no more suffering! I can only imagine what you are seeing, feeling & doing, it is truly a mystery to all of us, it must be glorious for you! Soon the Lord will come for us & we will meet in the clouds & go up to Heaven "together forever this time" we will all be perfect then! Until then I will be counting the days & hours that we will be together, I miss you & love you Jeremy!

Each year on Easter, we pause to remember the resurrection of our Lord. But also it is a reminder that a day is coming soon when the dead in Christ will rise and we who remain will be caught up with Him in the air. What a day of reunion that will be! I so look forward to spending time with you again, Miah.

Its hard to believe Christmas is almost here & you've been gone almost 7 months, I knew this month would be hard for me, we both loved Christmas "didn't we" Our favorite time of the whole year, It doesn't seem right to celebrate without you here, just the thought of putting lights up & a tree is unthinkable for me. Seems time is flying & we are pressing forward & pressing into the Lord's word each day. I know you know the reason you had to leave, I am sure Jesus has showed you everything that it has caused to happen to us down hear & it was to Glorify him & to lead more people to the Lord with your testimony, (your music & your story was part of the whole plan he was going to use through us & others) some don't know it yet but soon it will be revealed to them. The Lord will use tragedy to get his way or wake people up so they will look to him for answers, strength, guidance & love, (love like we have never known before) . Your favorite bible verse says, wait upon the LORD and your strength shall be renewed, he has renewed mine so I can get through this tragedy & push forward, so Monty & I can complete our journey & Gods plan hear on earth as the time is drawing close when our fight will be finished, it has caused us to SOAR LIKE EAGLES, just as he planned. I know you have wings like eagles now & I am so thankful that you were taken to Heaven to be with Jesus, your fight is over & your new life has began, you are waiting for us to arrive, what a day that will be for me to see you again & to see you whole & perfect with absolutely no pain or problems of any kind. His plan was awesome & there is no other GOD like our GOD, I give him all the PRAISE & GLORY! I love you Jeremy, see you soon! Love, Mom To others who may visit this site & read this, remember what ever the circumstances are they are not too great for our GOD, look up to the Lord & call out his name for answers, strength & hope, for without him you are lost, Satan will try to steal everything from you if you are not careful, he will steel your eternity! Time hear is short & right now the only thing that matters is to make sure you & your loved ones are ready for the Lords return which is very soon. There is no time to "tarry" for the fight is almost over, call out his name for everlasting life!

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31

As the days go by, it is becomming more real but not real! It doesnt seem like this can be, maby I will wake up & it will all just a bad nightmirror! I miss you more & more each day & wish you would drive in to see me like you use to do. The loss is so great & the emptyness I feel is so real, a hole in my heart you left for sure & part of me is gone that I can never get back. I will never be the same again! I guess this is a new chapter in my life & I know I have to let you go, but it is so hard to say goodby in this way. I know you are in such an amazing place, a place beyone our imagination, you are perfict & completely heeled now. I try to remember memories of you, all of them that I can, it seems so very sad that your not hear but a blessing on the other hand that you have no more suffering or pain or loneleness that was so real to you on this earth. I ask Jesus to put his arms around you & tell you how much I loved & miss you, I hope he does that for me. I dont know what we feel in Heaven when we get there or what we know, if you know what happened or how much I loved & miss you along with many others. I am trying to move on but each day is a challenge for me. I still have so many questions, what happened on that sad day that you were taken from us, what did you want when you called me & I was not hear to answer, maby in time Jesus will give me the answers I so need to know, in the meantime I just keep praying for them so I can get closure. I know it seems like the end is near, a feeling has come over me since you passed away & it just seems like there is something in the air that was not there before, an ergnecy seems very present with me that we need to tell as many about Jesus & his comming so they can be ready & not left behind, I have so many on my mind to talk with & am asking Jesus to give me the words for each one. I know where your heart was & someday I will give your testomany as it cannot go unherd, there are many young people like you that struggled on this earth, many that dont know Jesus though, I am so thankfull to him for taking you to heaven & the beautiful prayer that he answered when I was unsure where you were. He works in amazing ways!

I love & miss you so much!

Your Mom