{"id":3269,"date":"2023-01-29T06:52:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T12:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2023-01-29T06:52:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T12:52:39","slug":"favorite-funeral-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/2023\/01\/favorite-funeral-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Funeral Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I attended the second funeral service in one month, both for a long-time good friend and ministry colleague. \u00a0Time for a few of my favorite funeral quotes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe song is ended, but the melody lingers on\u2026\u201d\u00a0Irving Berlin, songwriter.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHow lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.\u201d A.A. Milne, author of \u201cWinnie the Pooh.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDon\u2019t cry because it\u2019s over, smile because it happened.\u201d Suess<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhen I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, \u2018I used everything you gave me.\u2019\u201d\u00a0Erma Bombeck<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhen you were born, you cried, and the world rejoiced. Live your life in a manner so that when you die the world cries, and you rejoice.\u201d Native American Proverb<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMay you be in heaven a full half hour before the devil knows you are dead.\u201d &#8211; Irish Blessing<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThey say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I&#8217;m going to miss mine by just a few days.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/authors\/garrison-keillor-quotes\">Garrison Keillor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cHeaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.\u201d Mark Twain<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.\u201d C. S. Lewis<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAlways go to other people\u2019s funerals, otherwise, they won\u2019t come to yours.\u201d Yogi Berra<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe idea is to die young as late as possible.\u201d Ashley Montagu.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDon\u2019t die on third.\u201d LeRoy Ashmore, My High School Baseball Coach.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.\u201d I Corinthians 2:9<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTo live is Christ and to die is gain.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Philippians 1:21<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr. Dan R. Crawford, Senior Professor, Chair of Prayer Emeritus; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. Former Head of Task Force for the Teaching of Prayer in Theological Education for America\u2019s National Prayer Committee.\u00a0 Administrative Consultant for the Valley Baptist Missions Education Center.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I attended the second funeral service in one month, both for a long-time good friend and ministry colleague. \u00a0Time for a few of my favorite funeral quotes: \u201cThe song is ended, but the melody lingers on\u2026\u201d\u00a0Irving Berlin, songwriter. \u201cHow lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.\u201d A.A. 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