Readings at Joe's service
Many of you asked for a copy of the reading that Anna Potter read. This particular piece was read at a very close friend of our funeral- Brad Girvin - he was so quickly taken from our lives after suffering a stroke. It was also read by David Pritchard at his father's funeral and he was the one who found it for me. It meant a lot for me to have Anna read this for she is a true friend.
In the memory of our father (an
excerpt) by CW Leadbeater
For that is the real truth
Man is a soul and has a body
The body is not the man
It is only the clothing of the man.
What you call death, is the laying aside of a worn out garment
And it is no more the end of the man than it is the end of you when
you remove your coat.
Therefore, you have not lost your friend
You have only lost sight of the cloak in which you were accustomed to
seeing him.
The cloak is gone, but the man who wore it is not.
Surely, it is the man that you love and not the
garment
together and held each other up. For my family and friends, I am
eternally grateful.
With love and grief
Vicki, Gina & Tom
posted by Vicki @ 6:26 PM
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1 Comments:
This is a poem i found.
Hope you find peace in it.
I woke up this morning and thought about you,
And wondered how I would do today without seeing you.
I dwell on the negative and what I don’t have,
Instead of the future, to make my heart glad.
I pray to Jehovah to help me to see,
That soon in the future you’ll come back to me.
To not dwell on sad memories that have already past,
But keep busy in his service, so the last days will go fast.
To look forward to the future when you’ll wake up and see,
And wonder for a moment where in the world you could be.
Our home will be waiting, your clothes still all there,
Singing praises to Jehovah we’ll all have a share.
To thank our Dear Father for his wonderful promise,
To see you again, he has bestowed this upon us.
I now focus on the future, and the time near at hand,
And a scripture in the Bible I do understand.
It says we are not tested beyond what we can bare,
We can call on his help because he really does care.
That to test you to the end, was more than you could take,
And his love for you he would never forsake.
What was best for you is what I must remember,
And not dwell on the sad news we got in November.
To focus on the future and seeing you again,
To make sure I’m there and survive till the end.
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