Leslie grew up in Flower Mound, TX, where she attended Marcus High School. She later went to Baylor University, where she was active in Campus Crusade and her beloved KXA sorority. Through mutual friends, Leslie met Mark, fell in love, and married on May 16, 1999. With him by her side, she fulfilled her two greatest dreams of being a teacher and having children. Leslie’s Wish was to create a home that featured scripture that we could read for encouragement and to remember her.
Leslie was a one of a kind spirit. Her calming presence and love for Jesus were evident in all she did. She wasn’t just kind to her friends, she was kind to people who were not very kind to her. She was known for constantly serving others even when it meant expending her last ounce of energy, as was the case the last few months. Throughout Leslie’s life, she desired to be obedient to God’s calling, whether that was starting a Moms in Prayer group, returning to teaching, or starting the children’s ministry at her church. The paths she was called on weren’t always easy, but Leslie chose to be faithful to God’s calling rather than merely existing for her own comfort. She knew that this life wasn’t her ultimate home. She chose, in faith, to invest in eternity. The smile that slowly slipped on her face after she passed tells us that her investment was not misplaced.
Leslie deeply leaned on this service, although she never talked with Daily Audio Bible, she was committed to listening everyday and hearing God’s word. There were many nights where she could not rest or stop thinking and she would begin listening to scripture read from DAB and she would find peace and rest. She said that thanks to DAB, she was able to hear the entire bible which made her very happy. She want find joy connecting someone with this service because it meant so much to her.
In her own words, these are Leslie’s parting remarks: “I stopped clutching this life to the point of where I squeezed all life out of my days. It is only in my surrender that I was actually able to live. We are all called to lay our burdens at Jesus’ feet. My burden has been cancer. When I finally released this burden at Jesus’s feet, then the peace flowed. There are some types of good that can’t be attained the easy way. There are some goods that we only experience through great struggle and great suffering. The peace and love that I’ve had during my final days, weeks, and months far surpasses anything I had before cancer. From the outside looking in, my life looks like it has slowly petered to a halt, but in my spirit, it has been the opposite.”
Matthew 11:2-6- Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
I always thought it was odd that Christ would send this message to John. Why would He tell John not to be offended?
Perhaps it was because the disciples were going to tell John about all the good Jesus was doing for those around Him, and yet He wasn't making a difference in John's circumstances.
Sometimes, we get upset when God appears to be working in everyone else's life, and yet He doesn't seem to be answering our requests (or answering them as we would have them answered). It's during these times that we should remember that God knows best, and He has promised to work all things out for our good (Romans 8:28).
Christ didn't promise use peace and wealth in this life. He never promised good health and a trouble-free life. He promised to never leave us nor forsake us. He promised to forgive our sins. He promised a mansion in heaven for eternity.
So, whatever you're going through, blessed is whosoever shall not be offended when things don't go our way!
Leslie Furneaux Morgan Horton, 41, went to be with the Lord on October 11, 2018, at 1:45 a.m. after a long struggle with cancer. She was surrounded by family.
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