Emily Ray Cahlik

I have never known a what a true friend could be until I met Emily. I am blessed to have been her friend, and blessed that she was mine. I have peace in my heart knowing that she is in the presence of our awesome Father.

Dennis & family,

I worked with Dennis at Community Bank. I know how much he loves his family! I am so very sorry for your loss. I am praying and asking God to comfort you all as only he can.

Sylvia

My thoughts and prayers are with your family during this time. I attended school with Emily for a while and ya'll couldn't have done better at raising such a loving person.

Dearest Cahlik Family,
I am so sorry for your great loss. I knew Emily from high school and, in fact, shared many classes with her. I know that words cannot express my sincerest regrets for your loss, but perhaps the following words will aid you in persevering through Emily's death. The Bible in John 5:28,29 contains comforting words that Our Great Savior spoke when he walked this Earth. He said, "The hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out.” What Jesus meant by these words was that one day all of our loved ones, including Emily, who have passed away will once again live and you can have faith that God will make this happen because the Bible also says that "God cannot lie."
I hope these words bring you comfort and a glimpse of hope.
In loving memory of Emily,
Andrea Delgado

teresa, i'm so sad, and i wish i had some magic words to make it all better, but i don't. just know that we miss you and are sending lots of spiritual energy your way. god bless you and your family.

Dennis, Teresa and Family,
I am so sorry for your familie's loss. What a beautiful girl. I just pray that God will bring you peace and help you during this difficult time. You will be with Emily again one day and know that she is your angel watching over you as you have watched over her. She has no more pain.
With love. Fran

Teresa and Family,
I was so sorry to hear of your beautiful Emily passing. I know that she is in the arms of Jesus. I will be keeping ya'
ll in my thoughts and prayers.

Dear Bereaved Parents, Cahliks,
Please know that you are being thought about and prayed with by a family who does not know you personally but has prayed with you during your daughter-s illness and who knows too well the bereavement of burying our own teenage child.
It is so out of the natural order of expectations; so gnawing at your future; so impossible to change. As King David suffered the death of his child in Old Testament days, we hear the Psalmist say: the child cannot come to me, but I can go to where s/he has gone. I pray that your thoughts will level off at willful joyful recall; that the images in your head will be of Emily as lively and warm, not of her cold frame.
As believers we know life here is a vapor, and eternity with the Lord is beyond compare. We here do not understand young people lingering, suffereing; or young people being snatched away from us suddenly. We feel a hole in ourselves, larger than our child. That hole can be filled. The Comforter will soothe you and never leave you. The Holy Spirit will uphold you, sustain you, and help you grow accustomed to a "new normal." Not what was your normal ever again, but a different normal, in time.
It is said that time heals the bereaved. I prefer to say that we are restored in time according to what we do with our burden of bereavement. It took me a while to actually fully let go of my grief and lay it at the foot of the cross and leave it there, because for a while I thought the Lord surely must need me to pick it back up again and help Him to carry it. How wrong that was of me.

May the Lord use this period in your life, use the testimony of Emily-s life, and use your future for the on-going work of His kingdom. Praises that Emily is alive forevermore with Jesus.

Our children are not lost from us.
We know exactly where they are.

In sympathy,

Liz Lee
(Vickey Gaulding is my dear friend.)

Teresa and Dennis,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this most difficult time.

Our deepest love and sympathy at this time of sorrow. Emily has taken the next step to eternal life. It is the pain of separation, unfulfilled hopes and dreams that hurt so much. She will always be remembered. We are so grateful that Mary Beth and Michael were able to come down to see her. We wish we could have done more.