Dearest Philip, we can’t believe you have been in heaven for this long! It seemed like only yesterday. Though life wasn’t totally a breeze, you had given your family so much joy, hope, patience and promise for you were God’s gift to them. Because of you, they learned to rely totally on our Heavenly Father for His wisdom and grace. Your dad and mom were blessed by Abba Father with patient understanding in caring and rearing you and your siblings as they followed the examples of Jesus. Worries and problems are present in families but your parents were gifted from above with knowledge coupled with tolerance to raise you all up according to how Jesus was growing up in our somehow unstable and complicated world. Philip, you gave their life more meaning. You gave them courage to be steadfast only in our Lord Jesus Christ. You are terribly missed, Philip, but they are affirmed that you are in a much better place now. We know and claim you are interceding for mom and dad as you are forever in the Father’s loving arms, constantly basking in His glory!