Funeral Ramblings

I attended the funeral of my aunt's mom, DD, who has been in my life from the beginning. I wanted to share some of the thoughts that were given by my cousin's husband Kevin (sorry for stealing your stuff!)

Genesis 25:8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years and he was gathered to his people.

Now his ripe old age was 175 and of course i do NOT hope to live quite that long. but whatever my age when God calls me, i do want be able to say that my years were GOOD and FULL. This really hit me because i feel like lately i'm just trying to get through each day and it seems that when Gavin asks me about my day i usually respond "eh, it was okay". but wouldn't it be great if we could end each day saying "wow, what a GOOD day i had" or "my day was FULL" (meaning that i did important or significant things)????

So then the next logical question is how do i go from having hum drum kind of days to having days that i feel are worth wild and important-GOOD and FULL?? AND surprise, surprise God's word has some practical and sometimes even funny ways that we can aim for. Check these out:

Phil 2:14 Do all things without arguing or complaining...

And here's a special one that I can put to use: A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping. Prov. 19:13 This is so important that it is repeated AGAIN in Proverbs 27:15. In fact, it goes on to say that it is better to live on a corner of the roof or in a desert then with a quarrelsome wife (Prov. 21:9; 25:24; 21:19) The fact that this is mentioned FIVE times should tell us women something...

Those are just two examples of what God says, but there are millions more. I would love to hear some of your favorite passages about good living.

So back to Genesis, it says that Abraham was gathered to his people. Kevin mentioned that DD was probably in heaven talking to the mother of their preacher Jimmy, who had also just died. Can you picture that? Who would you like to visit with in heaven? I can't wait to go have a chat with my grandma, my dad's mom. She was one of those people who was so sarcastic and deadpan all the time. I didn't fully appreciate her humor when i was little, but now when i think about her i always crack up. i'll have to put up a pic of her that i have where she is making apple pies with her twin. they are standing there with red bandanas tied in their hair and grandma is holding up her rolling pin like she is about to knock me in the head with it!

as an aside, i was telling josh about DD going to heaven and he was asking me questions about it. i told him that God's house has many rooms (John 14:1) the gates are made of pearls and the streets of gold (Rev. 21 or 22). Josh wants to know "does it have a pool?". i told him it probably does!

one more thought before my 30 min. are up. it is motivating for me to read the way that i'm supposed to act, but realize too that every day it is a challenge to do good. so i give you the following verse:

Gal 6:9-10 Let us not grow weary while doing good for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

there is one more that talks about making the most of every opportunity but i can't remember where it is right now! i'll get back to you on that.

Gotta go, my time is up.

oh, i'll be going to Ocala tomorrow and i can use my computer whenever i want to!!! yeah!