“For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. There is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only me, but to all those who have loved his appearing.” (CSB – Read the chapter)
I will do my second funeral in as many weeks tomorrow. To say it has been a busy couple of weeks is to put it rather mildly. But that’s nothing compared with what these two families have been through. And that’s not because the passing of these two great ladies was itself unexpected or particularly difficult. Both were expected and blessedly peaceful. Rather, it is because the days between a loved one’s passing and the funeral service are exceedingly busy. This is especially true when a loved one has spent their life pouring into others as Mae Brooks and Judy Tucker did. You have to manage all of the various details of working with the funeral home to put together the service on top of all of the outpourings of love and care from friends and family and neighbors. You wouldn’t necessarily trade any of that away, but it’s a lot. The real process of grieving doesn’t really begin until after the funeral is over. What has me writing this morning is the fact that these two funerals are almost like carbon copies of each other. Let me tell you about why and why that’s such a good thing.
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