"You will move on with your life"

That is what Myrtle Rockwell would say to me when I ask her, "Myrtle what am I going to do when the Lord takes you home?" And she would say, "you will move on with your life." And she had earned the right to say that above all others I knew or had known because Myrtle had cared for her mother in her home until the Lord took her home and she took care of her husband Capt. Joe in their home too and not in some care facility until the Lord called him home. So Myrtle knew what it really meant to "move on" with your life.

I miss her and will always think of her and sooo many good times together.  But I know one day I will see her and her mom and Joe when God raptures his Church, true believers ,out of the world or I too pass away.
Are you ready?

Myrtle's house.

Here we are at Myrtle Rockwell's blog site

Another picture of Myrtle, more will be added. What a wonderful friend and example of a Christian she was!! This was Myrtle when I met her(above)  Below was five years later at her 90th birthday.
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A note for those who Knew Myrtle Rockwell

As I was working in a member warehouse I saw a shopper I knew from the late 70's. It was Tim LaHaye, the author of the "Left Behind" series. He came up to me and we talked  a bit and I told him I had cared for someone he knew, Myrtle Rockwell. He remembered Capt. Joe and Myrtle Rockwell right off. In fact he even said that their marriage had so impressed him. He said they had such a love for one another and the Lord, his words.
Myrtle and Joe had really influenced many people more than anyone even knows. I am grateful to the Lord for that visit with Tim LaHaye and have him give such a testimony about them.

We are nearing the one year mark of Myrtle Rockwell going home to Christ

   The year has gone by fast even though it seems like it has been long. I miss Myrtle every day. I look forward to the time when I shall see her again and enjoy eternity at home with Christ. With the new year and resolutions made for good health and the hope for long life the truth remains we will all die no exceptions. Unless the Lord returns at the Rapture ( 1Thess.4:15-18) for the body of Christ the believers 1Cor. 15:1-4.

As I write this I wonder how many are ready to meet the Lord. Your good works will not make it!! No matter how good. Are you ready to close your eyes in death to awaken to eternity? I hope anyone reading this will look to God's ( the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ) only provision for salvation from the wrath to come; Christ's death on the cross and his being buried and rising the third day. 

A New Year & Praise the Lord Myrtle is home with her Savior Jesus Christ

  I just thought on Myrtle's life and how she lived; what an example of a Christ filled life she was. For years she could not read God's word the bible because of her macular degeneration yet her earlier years were so filled with scripture that while she was not able to read her life reflected Christ by being so filled. I was blessed. Though materially I came away with little when she passed away I was made rich by and because of my experience with Myrtle H. Rockwell.

   I hope and do pray that my life in the years the Lord has allotted me that I too can be an example and  reflect Christ as Myrtle did. What will God say of you?  We will all see Him and give an account.

As I reflect back on Myrtle Rockwell's Life

   Not a day goes by that I do not think of Myrtle and what her life meant to me by the things she said and did. Though I had many examples of men and women in ministry and bible college Myrtle was the most outstanding in her faith and life in the Lord Jesus Christ. Myrtle from an early age 10 maybe 12 came to realize she needed a Savior from sin and Jesus Christ was and is the only hope for that problem. And this is "not" a personal  thing this is a general thing; everyone needs Jesus Christ as the substitute for our sins. Many people even Christians say things like, "this is what it means to me" well that sounds good but still lost in the darkness of this world without the true light of Jesus Christ, His word the bible. It matters not what we believe or feel or what something may mean to me what matters is what God's word says in the proper interpretation. You may think, believe and act as though your life is pleasing to God but in the light of His word you may be displeasing Him and rather offending Him though you bear the name Christian. Why am I saying this here? Because from the day I met Mrs. Rockwell her life reflected a "living" faith it was not mere words or formality; she was different. You can read Galatians chapter 5 and verses 22-23 where the fruit of the Holy Spirit is Love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and self-control and these qualities "were" evident in every circumstance I saw Myrtle go through. Whether it was ill treatment from a friend or family member or a medical physical problem Myrtle was a fruit of the Spirit filled Christian. Secondly, when you read 1 Corinthians chapter 13 the Love chapter verses that defines what love is she expressed it. Myrtle was patient, kind, did not envy, not boastful about anything, she was not jealous, never acted unbecomingly, she always believed the best and told people so. Of all the times I had to take Myrtle to some kind of medical treatment where pain might result she never complained and all the medical people commented on just how caring and courteous this lady was. This is in no way details Myrtles life just a small portion. But we are in this world for a short time even if  90 to 100 years and the question I ask is what mark or legacy am I leaving or you? What will people say of me, will my life have influenced any? And beyond that and of far greater importance where will I spend eternity? To answer that you must answer this, "what have you done with God's Son Jesus Christ?"  Myrtle Rockwell trusted Him and His word completely with a child like faith and she was different and now she is home in Glory with her Savior Jesus Christ.

What do you truly value? Where is your treasure?

   As I have been thinking about Myrtle I suppose few if any of her friends or family visits here or even thinks of her. Me, I will be thinking and reflecting on her life and my time with her for the rest of my life and every day. She was a gift from the Lord to me and at a very difficult time, my own mother had just passed away and God used Mrs. Rockwell to bring love, comfort, encouragement  into my  life. I met Myrtle in October 1999 and started caring for her full time in April 2001, for ten years or 120 months or three thousand six hundred and fifty days. Can you imagine? And now its over she has gone home to be with Christ her Savior
II Corinthians 5:8. It seems like yesterday I first came here to see her and that big smile she had, and so polite and generous along with so hospitable. For Myrtle the saying, " mi casa su casa" was truly my experience with her. As far as the time wow gone, like a vapor. God's word says our life is like a vapor, here for a short time and than vanishes away. James 4:14. Even though Myrtle lived a good long life ( 1 Peter 3:10) 96 years old she even said it went by so fast. Her days as a Navy nurse went by so fast she would say and then she was in old age. I learned from Myrtle to enjoy life in in all of the hardships. Of all the trouble from within and without and physically that Myrtle went through Never once did I ever hear her complain NOT ONCE.  I miss her. And as I reflect on her I begin to realize the Lord is bringing about the necessity to do what Myrtle always told me when I would ask her, "Myrtle, what am I going to do without you when your gone?" She would answer, "you will get on with your life."  It isn't easy but God has really carried me through some deep waters and I am moving on. I will be out of this old house as Myrtle called it Sept 2011 but I will be thinking of Myrtle every day until it is my time to have faith replaced by sight and be home with her and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May he come soon.

I am sad your gone Myrtle and I truly miss you but I am glad at the same time you are home with the Lord.
Mike Moffett