Two Heavenly Mansions; Two Earthly Saints

Funerals were held for two men last week. One was a common man, who for many years worked with children at his church on Sundays and assisted with the meal on Wednesday evenings. The other was a well-known dignitary, a public servant, a man of great prestige. Mr. Harold, as he was affectionately known, had an obituary of less than half a newspaper column, while Tom’s obituary covered all six columns of one page in the same newspaper. Both men were greatly loved and both made significant contributions. One was widely known and had a large, elaborate funeral. The other man was known mostly by members of his church, children who were rocked by him in the church nursery and to whom he gave candy on Sunday and widows whose yard he mowed. Both were men of faith, and may well have met by now. It is easy to picture them meeting in heaven, walking on the same golden street, breathing the same heavenly air, enjoying their heavenly reward, and then separating, each going to their mansion, neither mansion larger or more special than the other (John 14:2).

Join me in praying for the following global concerns:
• Pray for safety of missionaries and national pastors serving in Mexico during the drug cartel murders.
• Join missionaries on Wednesday in their Day of Prayer & Fasting for European Peoples.
• Pray for Chris and Cathy as they take a medical leave of absence from their assignment.
• Pray for Joe as he meets with the Church Planting team on Friday to make final preparations for the new work.
• Pray for Pastorless churches in Vancouver, Canada.