That which was is no longer, what is now may seem a mystery, but what is left are everlasting memories of the beauty and faithfulness of a life Bernard Johnson that is now at rest—this is the nature of things. This is how it has been, how it is and how it will continue to be until the final sentence on the last page of this book of life is written. One must understand that this work is by the hand of Jesus, a Presence whose ways are not as our ways that sees all things not merely as they are but in the way that he created them to be. The human mind at times may not comprehend these things, but it is the peace He brings afterward that surpasses all understanding. Let us not cling to the suffering of life’s circumstances, but to the words that say that, “God is able to do, that which He said He will do.” Let not the pain be our anthem but “the joy of the Lord be our strength.”