GENESIS 50:9. “And they went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.”
GIVE HONOR. He wasn’t a perfect man, this man called Israel – He schemed and plotted yet God loved him in spite of all. His years passed in turmoil at home and abroad – Yet he always remembered his God had called.
Honor was given him at the time of his death – The man was named by God “A prince.” When such a one dies, we remember his best – And “Israel” has been respected since.
It is appropriate to give honor to those, Whom God has adopted, and called His own. He had dealt with them in life, we must not suppose He has restrictions when he calls each one home.
Go over the life of the one who has passed – Look for those places of victory. Let us all respect those things that last When the last chapter is written of their story.
God welcomes those who belong to Him – We should honor our dead entering their “long home.” Grace has worked and failures dim When we go back over all they have done.
“Father God, some of Thy choice people have recently been called home to be with Thee, their journey here over. I am thinking of an older sister who was a simple woman with struggles though life, but was faithful to Thee and the assembly she was a part of. A brother, close to my age, who was well known and a leader among God’s people is gone now. I honor them both before Thee here and thank Thee for memories I have had of them through the years. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”