What Will They Say?

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They were young, excited, beautiful. Weddings are the pastor’s favorite event. There’s life, energy, excitement and potential. A dream has been birthed and it’s a blessed day!

No one would have expected that less than two years later I’d be doing his funeral.

Who would?

As challenging as his loss was, something he did made it easier.

At funerals, I give space for anyone to share some words. It’s medicinal. It’s instructive. It’s quite revealing. People don’t always have “nice things” to say, most say nothing.

But when people had the chance to share about this young man, they didn’t have to think of “something nice” or wrestle over how they were treated by him.

He made a good name for himself and how he lived wrote his “eulogy” (2 Cor. 3:3).

Did you know God has something to say about funerals?

It’s raw.

It’s reality.

You can’t run.

It’s revealed in Eccl. 7:1-4.

God appoints the funeral, yours and mine, for good reasons:

To stop you,

Sit you down,

Sober you up,

Confront you,

And force you to consider your life and take some things to heart. What will they say?

Thankfully we’re not having your funeral today, yet an appointment is set (Heb. 9:27)!

And before you get there God can use a post like this to offer another chance to heed the call to repentance and bury whatever is getting in the way of a good name.

• It might be some bitterness or unforgiveness, envy or anger needs to be put to rest.

• It’s time to let the pride die so you can get that thing right or let it go. 

• Your identity got wrapped up in work, image, wealth… and it’s time to bury the idol. (I wrote about things that must get buried to move on in this email and here on IG).

• Admit you didn’t fulfill your role the way you should or could have and confess it.

• Make the call and get the help you need with that life-controlling issue.

When you decide that a good name is better (v. 1), you can (re)write your eulogy by how you live going forward so those who matter have good things to say.

So, what will they say? What do you want them to say? You get to choose.

Grab a pen and paper and write what you know others will say if they’re honest. Then write what you’d like them to say. Ask God to help you make a good name for yourself.

A blessed new dream can be birthed today and who knows what God can do with the eulogy you write with your life by the Spirit of God when you lay it to heart.

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