Funeral for a Postal Worker
Jeff Strite
II Corinthians 3:2-3
Synopsis - this is the sermon I preached for a mail man in our congregation. It examines how people would have "read" his life and what it meant for him to be a "letter of Christ" to the world.
''You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.'' II Corinthians 3:2-3
Most of you know that Jim was a mail deliverer for the Post Office for 27 years before he retired. And as I was thinking about the message for this morning… this Scripture stood out. Paul was telling the church at Corinth that they were ''a letter from Christ.
In other words, these Christians were being ''read'' by the people around them. And what they believed and what they stood for was like a letter from Jesus to the world.
And I got to thinking about how people would ''read'' Jim's life. What would they remember about WHO Jim was and WHAT he believed? And as I talked with people who knew him a few things stood out.
1st, there were the basics that shaped that shaped the kind of man he was.
- He was a patriot.
He served his country with honor in the Navy and was an active member of VFW Post #3790. He took his service seriously.
- He loved riding motorcycles.
He even rode his bike long after he wasn't able to make out street signs. His friend Jerry tells of the time (after Jim's sight had diminished) when he had stopped at a stop sign and Jim sensed he should have… but Jim ended up stopping out in the middle of the intersection on a four laner. Not the smartest thing to do, but he survived. Jerry and Jim even took a road trip out to California and back at the age 65 - a round trip of over 5000 miles.
- He was a pretty decent pool player.
Well Jerry thought he was too. But one day Jim chall ...
Jeff Strite
II Corinthians 3:2-3
Synopsis - this is the sermon I preached for a mail man in our congregation. It examines how people would have "read" his life and what it meant for him to be a "letter of Christ" to the world.
''You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.'' II Corinthians 3:2-3
Most of you know that Jim was a mail deliverer for the Post Office for 27 years before he retired. And as I was thinking about the message for this morning… this Scripture stood out. Paul was telling the church at Corinth that they were ''a letter from Christ.
In other words, these Christians were being ''read'' by the people around them. And what they believed and what they stood for was like a letter from Jesus to the world.
And I got to thinking about how people would ''read'' Jim's life. What would they remember about WHO Jim was and WHAT he believed? And as I talked with people who knew him a few things stood out.
1st, there were the basics that shaped that shaped the kind of man he was.
- He was a patriot.
He served his country with honor in the Navy and was an active member of VFW Post #3790. He took his service seriously.
- He loved riding motorcycles.
He even rode his bike long after he wasn't able to make out street signs. His friend Jerry tells of the time (after Jim's sight had diminished) when he had stopped at a stop sign and Jim sensed he should have… but Jim ended up stopping out in the middle of the intersection on a four laner. Not the smartest thing to do, but he survived. Jerry and Jim even took a road trip out to California and back at the age 65 - a round trip of over 5000 miles.
- He was a pretty decent pool player.
Well Jerry thought he was too. But one day Jim chall ...
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