<TITLE>08. Par 24-28</TITLE>L-24 Another thing that expressed God's love: As I understand that her request was that she'd never be old and linger along, have to linger, and be packed around in old-aged, and crippled-up, and--and sickly, and dying by inches. God granted that request. That's right. Why, just a couple of Sundays ago she was standing here on a church pew singing the glorious Gospel of Christ. What's this, what's this of a mother, look like prematurely, about sixty-five years old, going? What does that mean? It's God expressing Himself that He will not withhold no good thing from them that'll walk upright before Him.
God expressing in her very death, is God expressing to us, that He's God, and He will give those the desires of his heart--their heart, that'll walk upright before Him. Seeing this, that He is God and we must all come to this place, then let us look at His tokens of expressions. His love, His church, His people, and everything that it is, is all God's expressions to us. Then I think we all at--should bow our heads in humility and thank God for this life, that through Christ, has conquered even death itself.
And then the words of Jesus when He went to Jairus' daughter, "She is not dead, but she sleepeth." She's gone to her sleep, and not to her death, for she died many years ago as a little girl, And now she lives in Christ, and only asleep to us; but awake with Christ.

L-25 Let us bow our heads then and give thanks for this gallant life.
Heavenly Father, of course You know our hearts. Of course You know the thoughts in our mind. And you know all about us. We're the creation of Your hand. And You know we're sorry to see Sister Bell be taken from us. God, we are bowing our heads and hearts in gratefulness that her request was granted, and that Your desire for her was fulfilled, that even here at the end of the road when her obituary is written in the life of everybody she come in contact with, that she was Your servant. Long may her influence live in the hearts of all who knew her. God, we pray that You'll rest her gallant soul in that land that she loved, and talked about, and sang of all these years.

L-26 I pray for Jimmy this afternoon, Lord, when I see him setting there. And he's expressing his thoughts as the crystally tears rolls down his cheeks. He's thinking of a loyal wife. And of these children who, the tears running down their cheeks, they are thinking of a lovely mother. And we pray, God, that You'll bless them. Comfort their hearts. Reach out that hand that's beyond the reach of anything else that can go to the human heart, and give to them this great satisfaction, that someday we'll meet again, and we'll never have another funeral service there.

L-27 Bless her loved ones, her brothers, her sisters, her grandchildren, and her neighbors, and these churches, Lord. We know how they loved her. As she walked among us, they--she's walked among them. And together with them, Lord, we--we share this great mutual feeling that we loved her. And we're here expressing our--our--our gratitude to You for her life. Mold us, Lord, and make us, that we too, when we come to the end of the road may be ready to meet You. Forgive our many sins, O eternal God. Have mercy upon us, Lord, for we are weak and weary.

L-28 And I pray that You'll give us comfort this afternoon. May we find it in these words that's been expressed from Your Word through the different ministers, and those who are ordained to bring such, and to the neighbors and friends. May we find in there with the testimony of--of the flowers, and the trees, and the sunshine, and the leaves; and--and above all with the Presence of the Holy Spirit, which witnesses the resurrection of Christ, "I will not leave you comfortless. I'll pray the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, and He will abide forever." Oh, how we love Him, Lord, and how we appreciate You sending Him to us to give us this blessed assurance in the hours and time of trouble.


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