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Thread: Heartfelt Funeral Service
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4th November 2007, 09:32 AM #1
Heartfelt Funeral Service
As a young minister, I was asked by a funeral director to hold a
graveside service for a homeless man, with no family or friends. The
funeral was to be held at a newly established cemetery way back in the
country, and this man would be the first to be laid to rest there.
As I was not familiar with the backwoods area, I became lost; and, being
a typical man, I did not stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour
late. I saw the back-hoe and the crew which were already eating their
lunch but the hearse was nowhere in sight.
I apologized to the workers for my tardiness, but stepped to the side of
the open grave, where I saw the vault lid was already in place.
I assured the workers that I would not hold them up for long, but this
was the proper thing to do.
The workers all gathered around, still eating their lunch. I poured out
my heart and soul. As I preached, the workers began to say Amen, "Praise the Lord," and "Glory." I really got into it, as I preached, and I
preached, like I had never preached before: from Genesis to Revelation.
I closed the lengthy service with a prayer, and walked to my car.
As I was opening the door and taking off my coat, I heard one of the
workers saying to another,
"I ain't never seen anything like that before and I've been putting in
septic tanks for twenty years."Cheers Fred
The difference between light and hard is that you can sleep with the light on.
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5th November 2007, 03:20 PM #2
Wallan is a very old town and the local
cemetery is now full.
But they are a very progressive mob around here
... just last week my neighbour shot a bloke dead
just so they could start a new cemetery.
Allan
__________________________________
I am not at all worried about dying
... but just hope I am not there at the time.
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