Welcome to Gracie’s Voice

Thank you all for coming today to celebrate the life of my Daughter amber Grace, and stand In Unity, as we pray for Justice, not only for my daughter but also for her best friend Dennis Burkhart.

Amber Grace Bardwell aka Rose. 

Amber was born on 1/8/03 she tragically was taken from us on 2/6/22, by someone who needs Jesus so badly in his life…

Amber leaves behind her mom Joy Kittrell, her step father Ronald kittrell, 2 brothers Andre and Aidyn, two sisters Aeryn and Avery, many aunts and uncles and cousins.

Amber was a very creative young lady who had a heart for art, music, animals , her friends and family.

She is met in heaven by her Grandmother Sally Bardwell who passed 9/6/21 and her Best Friend and soulmate Dennis Burkhart who was also killed on 12/13/21, her great grandfather John Aiken, and her favorite nursery worker Ms Barbara Taylor.

I can just see them meeting her there.. embracing her, loving her with a Love we cannot even begin to fathom.

Amber accepted Christ as her savior at VCBC vacation Bible school, she was baptized right here, July 2012 by Pastor John Reynolds.

Amber had her struggles… ups and downs and through it all She is and always be very much loved. 

When I got pregnant for Amber I was in a really bad place, I was not with a very nice man. I knew I needed help and forgiveness. All through my pregnancy with Amber God showed me his grace repeatedly.

I reached out to father Frank pavone

I met a beautiful woman through the pregnancy crisis line.

I told her that I was keeping my baby but I didn’t know how is going to manage.

Gods Grace.

Day after day for 9 months God provided for my baby. He gave me the strength to continue despite what was happening. Gods grace lifted me up and carried me through.

Amber Grace is the name that God gave me for my precious baby. I will always know and remember that God‘s grace is sufficient and his love endures forever.

 Grace…. Gods Grace the gift given when undeserving of that gift. 

 Grace is the unmerited undeserved unearned kindness and favor of God. Grace can move mountains of guilt and shame. 

You can’t earn it, you can’t buy it, you can only receive it because god is so glad to give it… for Free! 

I’ve taught this to my children. Sometimes they come to me after not eating dinner and wanting desert, they say Momma can I have some grace tonight? 

The word Grace and the number five keep showing up. We have five children, all have five letters, Andre and and Amber are five years apart and My Mom Passed exactly five months before amber. I looked up the biblical representation of the number five. 

The number 5 symbolizes God's grace (https://www.biblestudy.org/beginner/what-is-grace.html), goodness and favor toward humans and is mentioned 318 times in Scripture. Five is the number of grace, and multiplied by itself, which is 25, is 'grace upon grace' (John 1:16). 

Gods grace is sufficient for all of us. 

I’d like to share something that Amber sent me months before she met Jesus face to face. 

Mom, 

Please fight this evil world…Because in all reality we are all family. The verse that says love thy neighbor as your own ( of the sort I don't remember exactly ) 

We are all part of two spirits formed on this planet. In the beginning of the world the trees skies no sin. Than snakes arrived and caused sin to arise. And we all know they became sin full. See we all have mistakes and even created children which created and kept going. We're all made from them. So if they could create an entire world with their faith. 

Than you mom of 5. A mom that's scared of the things beyond, you feel it though and I know you do I felt it. That feeling of no hope nothingness like your drowning and ready to lose your last breath. 

There's a hand reaching for you just close your eyes and speak he’ll help once you ask. 

We all love you. Your our mother. You brought us here. And I forgive you. And I'm sorry , I Messed up a lot.

~Amber 

My beautiful daughter through her own darkness in this world reminded me of his grace. 

There is no greater gift…  there is another name for grace…. His name is Jesus, and I pray for each of you ….if you don’t know that God loves you and sent his own son to die for you, to extend that Grace…I pray that your heart will open, and through the death of my Gracie, you can find today the grace and salvation God has given to each of you. 

Please, I beg you do not harbor anger and bitterness in your hearts toward the person responsible for this. Pray for Gods grace to flood his soul and that he too will accept Jes

us as his savior., and turn from the evil of this world. 

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