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All right, let's close out the week. So I dedicated the episodes of the

Daily Blade this week to the memory of my uncle Kevin. As I've said, he passed away here recently,

but I had the honor of being at his bedside just hours before he passed, and I read him Psalm 23

and Psalm 116. Psalm 23 is an appropriate song for those about to cross over, and Psalm 116 is a

very comforting Psalm for those mourning the death of a Christ's follower. So after I read the two

Psalms to him, I spent some time sharing with him what he means to me and what he taught me growing up.

And I can't know for sure whether or not he could hear me or whether he was picking up on

everything, but I just knew I had to tell him one last time to his face. And today I want to share

parts of what I told my uncle Kevin. So the first thing that I told him is that he was the first

person that taught me what it means to be a servant. But he didn't do it with his words. He did it with his actions. Because as a kid, I was

incredibly competitive and, you know, I was driven by food. So even at family gatherings, I would always

try to position myself at the very beginning of the line. So I can have the first batch of mashed

potatoes and the first batch of chicken and whatever the thing was. Like I wanted to be there, right?

And I don't know exactly when it happened but

maybe in my 20s or something like that I started just noticing uncle Kevin so here we are in this

full house with multi generations of families and kids and all kinds of things and he always ate last

so he made sure everyone had a seat he made sure everyone had a seat. He made sure everyone had food.

And he made sure everyone had their iced tea or their water. He made sure everyone was taking care of.

And even in the midst of all that going on, he would be around the house like fixing things or

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