June 29, 2007
Posted by reformedville in : culture, Theology , trackbackCelebrating a life
Last week we journeyed down to New Jersey to celebrate the life of my 90 year old aunt, a family matriarch, who though she had no children of her own, was a mother to many. She was a special aunt whom I greatly admired and respected.
She was also responsible for introducing my wife and I. She had been their former pastors wife and my aunt and uncle were their ‘adopted grandparents’ . Our families knew one another, but my wife and I had never met.
The church was packed with people at both the viewing and the funeral, with a memorial service where all things pointed to Christ, just as they did in her life. It was never about Vivian, it was about the Lord and she showed how she loved Him by sharing that love with others.
We had the old fashioned funeral procession to the last church they served in ( that insisted that instead of taking her 200 miles away to her burial plot, they donated the plot at the church). It was good to be in and experience a tradional funeral service, that doesn’t microwave and rush the process, but provides time for the family to celebrate the life of one who honored Christ and trusted Him alone. Many non-believers wept openly at the service as a salvation message was preached in celebration of her going to meet her master.
We had a family and friend reception afterwards. My mom, 84, had spent two of the last three years to care for her sister who had a form of dementia, and the last year my cousin who is a RN took over for her as she needed advanced care. It was good that my son and his family could get off work to come down, and my wife did a quick roundtrip with my brother and his wife as they had to do the 600 mile round trip, funeral and service in a day routine, so couldn’t stay for the reception.
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