Title: A 23rd Psalm Funeral
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Psalm 23:1-6
Jean was a very Godly woman, and it's no surprise (given that she and her husband Don who raised sheep most of their lives) that the family told me that her favorite passage of Scripture was the 23rd Psalm. So I want to begin today's eulogy by reading that Psalm.
"The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Ye, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever."
Notice, the Psalm starts out: "The Lord is MY shepherd". It doesn't say He is "A" shepherd, or that He is "THE" shepherd. He is MY shepherd and I shall not want!
ILLUS: The story is told of a preacher who asked his church if anyone knew the 23rd Psalm. Almost immediately, a little 6-year-old girl was raised their hand. Now, the preacher didn't think she really knew the Psalm by heart, so he asked her if she really knew the entire Psalm. The little girl nodded and said: "The Lord's my shepherd... and that's all I want."
Believe it or not that is what the 23rd Psalm is all about. Whatever I could want, my shepherd is capable of supplying it, and Jean knew THAT shepherd. The Lord was HER shepherd and she did not want. She built her life around Jesus and Jean became the kind of woman that she was because she served the kind of Shepherd Jesus was. Jesus was her shepherd.
You saw that in every aspect of her life. The family told me she didn't have any enemies. Jean would apparently say "hi" to just about anyone And she knew everyone, and she also knew just abou ...
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Psalm 23:1-6
Jean was a very Godly woman, and it's no surprise (given that she and her husband Don who raised sheep most of their lives) that the family told me that her favorite passage of Scripture was the 23rd Psalm. So I want to begin today's eulogy by reading that Psalm.
"The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Ye, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever."
Notice, the Psalm starts out: "The Lord is MY shepherd". It doesn't say He is "A" shepherd, or that He is "THE" shepherd. He is MY shepherd and I shall not want!
ILLUS: The story is told of a preacher who asked his church if anyone knew the 23rd Psalm. Almost immediately, a little 6-year-old girl was raised their hand. Now, the preacher didn't think she really knew the Psalm by heart, so he asked her if she really knew the entire Psalm. The little girl nodded and said: "The Lord's my shepherd... and that's all I want."
Believe it or not that is what the 23rd Psalm is all about. Whatever I could want, my shepherd is capable of supplying it, and Jean knew THAT shepherd. The Lord was HER shepherd and she did not want. She built her life around Jesus and Jean became the kind of woman that she was because she served the kind of Shepherd Jesus was. Jesus was her shepherd.
You saw that in every aspect of her life. The family told me she didn't have any enemies. Jean would apparently say "hi" to just about anyone And she knew everyone, and she also knew just abou ...
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