Continuing Series in the Life of a Pastoral Care Pastor

April 17, 2010 – Saturday; Today started as normal with my alarm clock waking me at the normal hour of 6:30. Today I had to conduct a funeral for a young 8 year old twin girl who died from cancer in February. We put off the service so people could come and because her dad is also suffering from cancer and had to have some treatments and surgery so they wanted to have it in between so he would be strong enough to come. Our chapel holds 200 and it was full…standing room only. It was a great service and very upbeat and very alive with memories and life. The parents and kids shared during the service and it was very uplifting to our Lord. I think everyone stayed for the reception and I begin to wonder if we had enough food…shame on me…God provided just enough…had about 12 sandwiches left over…does this remind you of the loaves and fishes parable??? Everyone had a great time and one young man sang a song for the family and another read some poems and shared some about how their daughter touched their lives. Lynn and Nancy were very valuable as they made sure the flow of the pre-service and the post-service flowed smoothly. Lord please bless them as they worked very hard. Got home around 2:30 and was drained emotionally and crashed on the couch with my little dog sleeping beside me…for about an hour. Just enough to refresh my batteries. Jeanette went to my grandson’s birthday party and represented us both. She took our granddaughter with her and they had a great time. Now time to relax and wait for her to come home…