John Holzbach
February 7, 2010
Just a year ago, I brought to your prayers a young man who was in a coma, following the disintegration of his aorta during an ordinary open heart surgery. John was in his middle thirties. His mother had died just four months before John was hospitalized with his heart problem. This afternoon at 1:00 PM, John finished his very special ministry, lived out in an unconscious state of being. He impacted the lives of so many men and women in several hospitals by drawing them closer to Jesus, the physician who heals so many.
I ask you to remember his father, Bob. Bob was with John every day making sure he was cared for as his needs demanded. It was so reaffirming of a father's love for a son when I was see Bob rubbing John's arm or foot to help his physical condition.
Please remember John, of course, who has no doubt been welcomed into his new home by his mom. Remember his Dad, John, and his sister and her family as well as John's business partner who came to be with him as often as he could. These were the troopers who stood the year long watch with and for John.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.
