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He that liveth and believeth in me shall never die. I know that my Redeemer liveth and that he shall stand the latter day upon the earth. No skin worms destroy this body, yet shall I see God, whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another.

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He brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.

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They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint. The Lord is my light and my salvation.

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salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumble and fail. Though an host should encamp against me my heart shall not fear, the war should rise against me

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in this will I be confident one thing have I desired of the Lord that

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will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tabernacle

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shall he hide me, he shall set me up upon a rock. Now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me. Therefore I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy. I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord. Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy upon me and answer me. When thou saidst, Seek ye

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face my heart said unto thee thy face Lord will I seek hide not thy face from me put not thy servant away in anger thou has been my help leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation. You may be seated. We come to celebrate the life of Raymond Leon Godine Jr.

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To remember his deeds of love and mercy. To seek comfort through God's eternal word. And strength through the resurrection hope which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord. Oh Lord.

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[ Pause ] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] We've come to praise the Lord.

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We've come to praise the Lord. We've come to glorify the Lord. We've come to lift up our holy hands. We've come to magnify His name.

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We've come to worship the Lord. We've come to pray the Lord. We've come to glorify the Lord. We've come to lift up holy hands. We've come to magnify his name. We've come to worship the Lord. We've come ♪ We come to worship the Lord ♪

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♪ We come to glorify the Lord ♪ ♪ We come to lift up holiness ♪ ♪ We come to sanctify his name ♪ ♪ We come to worship the Lord ♪

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- Now, Ebenezer Baptist Church, I came to praise the Lord tonight. Did y'all hear me? I said, I came to praise the Lord tonight.

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The Ebenezer Men's Chorus came to praise the Lord tonight. If you feel like you need to, stand up and praise your holy hands. If you feel the need, send out a holy shout.

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But most of all, if you need to, please feel free to stand up. [CHOIR SINGING] He's been too good to me. Stand up.

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He is God's glory. Stand up. Stand up. Stand up.

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He is God's glory. Stand up. Stand up. He is God's glory.

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Stand up. He's been too good to me. Stand up. He is God's glory.

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Stand up. Stand up. [MUSIC] ♪ We come to worship ♪

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♪ We come to worship ♪ ♪ Worship ♪ ♪ We come to worship ♪ ♪ Worship ♪

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♪ We come to worship ♪ ♪ Worship ♪ ♪ The Lord ♪ (crowd booing)

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Amen. (bright piano music) [ Music ] [ Pause ]

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[ Music ] I want to meet my mother. I want to meet my mother. I want to meet my mother.

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I'm going to live with God. I want to meet my mother. I want to meet my mother. I want to meet my mother.

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I'm going to live with God. Soon we'll be done with the troubles of the world, the troubles of the world, the troubles of the world. Soon we'll be done with the troubles of the world, going home to live with God. Soon we'll be done with the troubles of the world, the troubles of the world, the troubles of the world.

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Soon we'll be done with the troubles of the world, going home to live with God. No more weeping and a wailing, I'm going to live with God. No more weeping and a wailing, no more wailing, no more wailing, weeping, weeping. No weary, no more weary, no more weary.

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Soon it will be done with the troubles of the world, the troubles of the world, the troubles of the world. Soon it will be done with the troubles of the world, going home to live with God.

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Soon it will be done with the troubles of the world, troubles of the world, the troubles of the world. Soon it will be done with the troubles of the world, going home to live with God.

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I want-- I want to meet my Jesus. I want-- I want to meet my Jesus.

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I want-- I want to meet my Jesus. Going to live with God. In the morning, Lord, I want to meet my Jesus.

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I want to meet my Jesus. I want to meet my Jesus. I'm going to live with God. I'm going to live with God.

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I'm going to live with God. Amen. Amen. Amen.

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[APPLAUSE] Amen. words of comfort and hope from the 121st Psalm. I will lift up mine eyes into the hills

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from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

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Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

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The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil. He shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out

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and thy coming in from this time forth and even forevermore. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

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- The word of the Lord which will keep you in times of trouble. John the 14th chapter, 14, 1 through the 4th verse.

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Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you.

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I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself. And where I am, there ye may be also.

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and whether I go, ye know, and the way ye know. This is the word of the Lord. - Let us pray. Gracious God, our heavenly Father,

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you are our resting place. You have been our resting place, and you are a resting place right now. Lord, we come resting in your love, your peace, and your comfort. Lord, we realize that sometimes life can get a little cloudy,

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And right now, it's a little cloudy right now. But Lord, we thank you for always making our way clear. Even in this hour of sorrow, we thank you, dear Lord, for your presence.

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We thank you, dear Lord, for being with us right now. Especially do we thank you for the life of Brother Raymond Godine Jr. Lord, we thank you for sharing him with us. We thank you, dear Lord, for his example of love and faith

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and for showing us how to praise the Lord. We thank you for his smile and his joy. Even in the time of suffering and sorrow, dear Lord, he always expressed his joy. And we thank you for it.

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Lord, we ask a special prayer at this time on this loving mother and father. We know that you're able, dear Lord. And we come resting in the knowledge that you are always our strength in a time of weakness, that you are our light in the time of darkness,

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and Lord, you are our joy in a time of sorrow. Now we come at this hour, dear Lord, surely with heavy hearts. But Lord, we truly do just come praising your name, recognizing, dear Lord, that you.

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Are with us always. Bless this time of celebration, oh, Lord, and lift our hearts toward thee. We come praising your name right now and asking that you may continue to walk

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with us all along life's way until that great day when we shall all stand in your presence singing praises to your name singing how we got over and realizing that it was you all the time. In the precious name of Jesus we pray, amen.

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[ Pause ] [ Music ] ♪ Just to call your name in the falling rain ♪ ♪ Just to hear the sound when I'm feeling down ♪

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♪ Way in the night I whisper soft and low ♪ ♪ Jesus I say, Jesus I say ♪ ♪ I say the sweetest name I know ♪ ♪ Jesus ♪

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♪ The sweetest name I know ♪ ♪ Yes, the sweetest name I know ♪ ♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ Everywhere I go ♪

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♪ Yes, you're everywhere I go ♪ ♪ Time after time ♪ ♪ I call your name aloud ♪ ♪ Alone in my prayer ♪

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♪ Even in a crowd ♪ ♪ And it never fails ♪ ♪ Whenever it's told ♪ ♪ Your name brings joy ♪

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♪ And never grows old ♪ ♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ The sweetest name I know ♪ ♪ Yes, the sweetest name I'll ever know ♪

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♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ Everywhere I go ♪ ♪ Yes, you're everywhere I go ♪ ♪ No other name ♪

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♪ To yours can compare ♪ ♪ Always by my side ♪ ♪ Always by your hand ♪ ♪ Jesus in distress ♪

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♪ I've called on you ♪ ♪ You brought me joy ♪ ♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ The sweetest name I know ♪

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♪ It's the sweetest name I know ♪ ♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ Everywhere I go ♪ ♪ I guess you're everywhere that I go ♪

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♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ Oh, Jesus ♪ ♪ I love to call you Jesus ♪ ♪ I love to call that name Jesus ♪

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♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ In the time of sorrow you comfort me, Lord ♪ ♪ I love that name, Jesus ♪ ♪ It's the sweetest name I could ever mention, Lord ♪

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♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ Oh, Jesus ♪ ♪ I love to call him Jesus ♪ ♪ I love to call on you, sweet Jesus ♪

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♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ Anytime of day I can just call on your name ♪ ♪ I love that name, Jesus ♪ ♪ Oh, we need you, sweet Jesus ♪

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♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ The sweetest name I know ♪ ♪ It's the sweetest name I'll ever know ♪ Jesus, everywhere I go.

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[MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC] [ Pause ] Resolution on the home going of brother Raymond L. Godine Jr. Praise is what he gave with

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his smile, his music, and in so many other ways. He served God while yet young. He played He played the trumpet, his instrument of choice. He sang with fervor and deliberate voice. He depicted a spirit of peace, happiness, and calm.

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Such was the life of Brother Raymond L. Godine, Jr. He united with the Ebenezer Baptist Church family through blessed baptism and was an active his entire membership, which lasted more than 15 years.

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Brother Godin was a member of the youth department, the youth ushers, the Baptist Men Brotherhood, the Sunday School, and discipleship training, where he was a speaker's tournament participant,

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and he progressed to become a state finalist in the Austin Baptist Association competition. Whereas Brother Raymond L. Godine was an active, supportive member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, who learned early the importance of working while it is day, and whereas he was another

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channel of God's blessings to his family, his friends, and to mankind, he was a praiseworthy Christian witness who used his musical talents to glorify God. And whereas his life is a testament to the training, love, and guidance of his parents and the late beloved Valeria Taylor Warren.

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Therefore, be it resolved that the pastor and members of Ebenezer Baptist Church family share in heaven's gain today. Resolve further that the Godine and Taylor families take comfort in remembering these words. Misfortunes dark cloud may hang all the way despite your best efforts to do. The Savior is guarding your treasure today and can provide you strength

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to endure too. So just think of his goodness to you. Resolve finally that a copy of this resolution be given to the family and a copy placed

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in the records of Ebenezer Third Baptist Church, dated this 20th day of January 2004, 1010 East 10th Street, Austin, Texas. Preferably submitted, Dr. Marvin C. Griffin,

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pastor, Deacon Robert M. Oregon, chair of deacons, Deacon Terry E. Steele, Church Clerk, Sister Arvis Austin, Condolence Committee Chair. To Reverend Griffin and other members of the pulpit,

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to members of the Goldine family, brothers and sisters, I'm very honored to have been chosen to speak words of comfort to the Goldine family. Raymond's life can be summed up in the words and the lyrics of Andre's Crouch, "My Tribute." It's a song that Raymond sang frequently, and the words are,

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"How can I say thanks for the many things "he has done for me? "Things so undeserved, yet he gave to prove his love for me. "The voices of a million angels

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"can never express my gratitude. "All that I am and ever hope to be, "I owe it all to thee. To God be the glory, to God be the glory, to God be the glory for the things he has

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done. With his blood he has saved me. Through his power he has raised me. To God be the glory.

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And this is the part that just reminds me of Raymond. Just let me live my life. Let it be pleasing, Lord, to you. And if I gain any fame, let it go to Calvary.

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I've known Raymond and his family for the past 22 years when my family moved here, moved to Austin. I'm very thankful to the almighty God for affording me quality moments with Raymond.

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We've had a chance to talk about a lot of things. We've talked about, we've talked a lot about the LBJ and Bowie rivalry with the bands. My daughter was a part of the LBJ marching band

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and Raymond was a part of the Bowie Bulldog Band. And of course, whenever I would say, you know, LBJ is going to rock, and Raymond immediately would say, you know, these are fighting words. And so he really had a lot of pride in the Bowie band.

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I remember, and this is kind of, you know, I mean, you know a lot of things about Raymond because all of you who know Raymond know how humble he was, how wonderful person he is. But also, Raymond doesn't follow directions very well. Let me share a situation with you.

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And Raymond at first got in his car and the Concord Choir had a party at my home. And so Raymond talked his mom into letting him drive out there for himself so he wanted to show off to his friends that he was able to drive. And so Raymond had been doing a lot of driving around the community but he's never driven

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Mopac from north to south because his family lives south and I live extreme north. And so Ruth called and said, "Now, Leroy, Raymond's going to drive. Give us some specific directions how to get there." And we did.

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She says, "As soon as Raymond gets there, make sure that he calls home." We will do that, Ruth. Ruth said, "Now, when he gets ready to leave, because there's a lot of construction on that moped pack, make sure you get him back to moped pack, and then he'll find his way home."

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I said, "I'll do that, Ruth. I can do that." Okay, so we had a great time at the party, and it was time for Raymond to go home. I said, "Okay, Raymond, let's go.

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Get in the car, and you follow me." Some kind of way, when we left my house, I looked in the rear view mirror, and I didn't see Raymond. And I said, "Oh my goodness, Ruth is going to kill me." And this was before cell phones.

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And so I made a complete turnaround and I went back to my home to see if maybe Raymond had gone home or called or something. No Raymond. So I said, "I guess I'll try to find him on 183." I got on 183 and I looked, no Raymond. I said, "Well, let me get on Mopac." And so I drove the entire distance down Mopac looking for Raymond. No Raymond. And eventually I

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"Well, I might as well go by Raymond's home "to see if he's made it home okay." And lo and behold, I got there. Raymond's car was parked there, and everything was safe.

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And so the next couple of days I saw Raymond, I said, "Raymond, what happened to you?" He said, "Well, when I got to buy the Targets, "I knew where I was, so I decided

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"I'll just go ahead and go on home. "I thought you all had turned around." So Raymond didn't follow directions that time, Ruth. (audience laughing)

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But other than that, Raymond was a perfect child, perfect young man and I'm just very, very, very pleased that I've had the opportunity to work with him in a lot of capacities, mostly related to music and he and I share that common interest in music and I've seen Raymond

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just develop into just being an incredibly wonderful musician. What I liked about it is that Raymond had gotten to the point where he was singing, he knew about what he was singing and that really meant a lot to me to see him grow in that direction. The greatest tribute that I could give

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to Raymond at this time would be that I'm very, very, very fortunate that the Lord blessed Gloria, my wife Gloria, and me with two wonderful daughters. But if I would have had a son, I would have wanted him

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to be just like Raymond. >> Amen. [ Pause ] >> The last Sunday I saw Raymond,

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I don't remember the date, I'll say it's about a year ago. And he greeted me with a hug and he asked me was I being good. And everybody who knows me knows what I mean by that. [LAUGHTER]

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And had I known that that was going to be the last time that I would have talked to him, I would have told him how much I admired him. He was cool.

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He was compassionate. He was calm. And he loved God. And the one thing I want to tell Mr. and Mrs. Goldine

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is, since I didn't get to tell Raymond, is that your son has been an inspiration to me to be a better person, to make sure that everybody I meet, I hug them and I let them know how much they are loved.

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And it also has instilled in me how precious life is. And I just want to say to all the young people in the audience that this is a wake up call to get your house in order because life is precious

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and it can be gone in a minute. And you need to make sure that you have the love of God and the word of God in your heart so that you can live forever.

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Because down here, it's a very, very short time. Thank you. (audience applauding) [APPLAUSE]

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To Dr. Griffin, pulpit clergy, church family, and to the Godine family, first, I want to thank God and to Ruth and Ray for sharing their son with me.

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I consider it a blessing and a privilege. I used to ask God-- of course, it hasn't been that long ago in my life-- what do you want me to do?

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What am I here for? Always made these demands. Those people who know me, I always question. And I thought I was going to get some earth-shattering

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experience and whatnot. Then as I grew older, it wasn't coming, you know. Nothing was happening. So I said, well, I guess I'm not going to do anything, you know.

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He doesn't have anything for me. And just as Jesus taught the disciples and they didn't have a clue, I was clueless also. I didn't have a clue.

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And it wasn't until recently that he said, now you know the answer. I have the answer. Sometimes as we go along through life,

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as we journey through life, we encounter many people. Some people who cross my path do just that, cross my path.

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They leave no lasting impression in my mind. They blend together in a sea of obscurity. There are others, like Raymond, who crossed my path, who has left an indelible mark that can never be erased

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with the passing of time. I'm going to share with you the early years. Ruth introduced me to Raymond when he was a very small child. And when I saw him, I said to myself,

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oh, what an adorable child. What a darling. He was so cute. I can see him in my mind now.

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He was just a doll. He had a smile, as had been mentioned before, that would just melt your heart. And certainly, it melted my heart.

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I can use numerous descriptives for Raymond. Some you've already heard. He was kind, mild-mannered,

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gentle, respectable. And of course, there was always someone checking on him all the time,

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more than Ruth. Aunt Valeria was always there to give me, ask me questions about How is Raymond doing?

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Was he a good boy today? But she knew the answer to that. Raymond's eyes were beautiful. And when you looked into his eyes,

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it was always as if they said, I've got a secret. And I've always wondered what that secret was. Raymond loved music. And at that time, we had a music curriculum

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that prepared the children not only for worship, but for Christian service. I discovered Raymond's beautiful voice through one of our exercises that we usually

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used during music. I would sing phrases to the children, and then they would sing them back to me. And after I heard this beautiful sound,

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he became one of my featured soloists. And during Raymond's time in the choir, our minister of music could not keep up with our bookings, because we were in demand at that time.

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We were really-- you learn many things to children. And the vernacular that they use today, we were really hot. Raymond was featured in most of our appearances. We did bridal shows.

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We were at the mall. We were at Symphony Square, Fiesta Gardens, Zilker Park, the Jewish synagogues, Jazz in the Park. We were every place.

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And as I said before, we were really hot during that time. We even performed at two national conventions. I will also share with you what are the songs that Raymond performed that was in demand

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for all the children's choirs that we performed at in Austin. Everybody wanted the song. And that song's title is "I Found Love." I had planned for a child to sing it today,

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but forgot it was a school day. But I will say the words to this song, and you will understand why it was Raymond's song. I found love when I found Jesus.

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I found love when I met my Lord. I thought that I had love before, but Jesus showed me there was so much more. Now I've got love forevermore.

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I found peace when I found Jesus. I found peace when I met my Lord. I thought that I had peace before, but Jesus showed me there was so much more.

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Now I've got peace forevermore. I found joy when I found Jesus. I found joy when I met my Lord. I thought that I had joy before,

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but Jesus showed me there was so much more. Now I've got joy forevermore. All of my life I've been searching for something, searching for someone who cared.

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Then I finally came to the end of the road and Jesus was standing there. So now, Ruth and Ray, we know that Raymond is safe. He is standing there with Jesus

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and he's standing there with his aunt. Because you see, Raymond has found love, he has found joy, he has found peace, and he has that forevermore.

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What we can do here, those of us who are left behind, we can look to our Lord for strength. Lord, we need your strength. Lord, we need your love.

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Lord, we need your joy. Lord, we need your peace. Because for Raymond, he has found all of that. And he has it forevermore.

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[APPLAUSE] When Miss Godine called HEB and asked if someone wanted to make a tribute. I figured I was the last person that should be doing it.

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How was I going to write something that could measure up to the person Ray was? And more importantly, how was I gonna write something without Ray's help?

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I know that sounds crazy, but for the last four semesters, I'd been bringing in my papers into bookkeeping to him, and he'd correct them and make them sound a hundred times better.

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And then it hit me. All we have left now is memories. But my goodness, we have some good ones. We were all reminiscing the other day at work, as I'm sure most of us have been doing all week.

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And joy was going on about Ray's dry but witty humor. She remembered times they would stand in the business center and just crack jokes and laugh at all the chaos of the front end. Monica had tons of stories that made us laugh and cry. I don't know which one was better.

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the time she fell asleep on Ray's shoulder at the UT basketball game, 'cause she was bored out of her mind. (laughing)

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Or the time that she and Ray stood in the drizzling rain for an hour and a half, waiting for the Ludacris concert. And I'm sure all of us have memories of Ray and music.

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He loved music. And what an array of taste, I would have to say. One day, I'd walk into the office he'd be playing a soundtrack from RIT,

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and the next day country would be on, or he'd be singing jamming oldies to Gigi. Even our latest memories of Ray are still ones we'll cherish.

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Brad remembered many times he would come into work sick and insist on staying. He would work around his doctor's appointments and get the job done and became a shining example

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to all his fellow employees. My latest memories of Ray included food, I remember when we all got together before Mark was sent off to Kuwait. And although Ray had chemo the next morning, he wanted to come and show his support.

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His only demand was that he eat before midnight. You should have seen six or seven of us in the kitchen trying to get him a home-cooked meal before 12. Here he was having chemo the next day and all he could think about was food.

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Even when he was actually at the doctor's office, when he used to have his doctor's appointments every Monday and Wednesday. He text messaged me, "Where's good food in the far west area?" No fail, every Monday and Wednesday. I'm sure even in his last weeks of life he was thinking about the ludicrous concert with Monica, or telling Gigi she's

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wild on their next Monday shift together, or going for a cruise in his Mustang with Sadie. That's the kind of attitude and outlook that Ray had and that all of us should follow. We all miss you, Raymond Godine, and thank you for touching all of our hearts. [BLANK_AUDIO]