The message at the funeral I attended yesterday was very powerful. I'm going to share some of what I got out of it. This is not necessarily an accurate recount of what Pastor Cherry said but it's how my mind and heart interpreted it.
First of all discussing why we are co upset and distraught when someone dies even though we know it's part of life. It isn't supposed to be part of life. God didn't create us with the intention that we ever die. Death was a result of the original sin in the garden. I never thought of our feelings around death that way. Very insightful.
He also talked about our feelings over what happened to our friend that died and that once again God didn't do this. We did this to ourselves. We bring these things upon ourselves through our actions. And that when we prayed to God to take away our friends suffering He did. K is no longer in any pain. He no longer suffers.
The last really powerful idea I got out of his sermon was that part of what we are upset about as far as our friend dying is that he didn't get the chance to do what he wanted to do. That his time was cut short. Pastor Cherry suggested that we should learn from that and stop wasting our own time.
None of us know how much longer we have before we die. Yet we drink, smoke, gamble, have promiscuous sex, play video games, watch mindless TV and do all these other things that waste the time we ourselves have. So the best way to honor our friend K is to stop wasting the time God has given us.
This was particularly powerful for me as it's something I have felt for a while now. That I'm wasting time. People are always telling me I'm too hard on myself so it was nice to have my belief reinforced by Pastor Cherry's words.
The service yesterday was beautiful. Filled with sorrow and joy. Lot's of laughter . That's the way K would have wanted it.
I thank Pastor Cherry and his fellow ministers for yesterday. It was a powerful experience and I hope they know that there message was received by at least a few people in that church me being one.
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