Gloria Jean Jester Eulogy Funeral

Funeral Eulogy Gloria Jester

By Rick Gillespie- Mobley

Summary: This the funeral service for Gloria, a believer who grew up serving the Lord and was faithful the rest of her life.

Gloria Jester

Death first appeared in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve disobeyed God. It was a frightening concept to them and has been for most of humankind ever since. But even before Jesus Christ conquered death by rising from the dead, God saw death in a different light.

From God’s perspective, death could be rendered completely powerless depending on who was doing the dying. The word of God says in Psalms 116:15 "Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints." This means that on September 30, Gloria brought joy in a special way to the heart of God.

What was it about her that moved the heart of God? What was it about her, that moved our hearts to tears, when we discovered that she was now waiting for our arrival in heaven? What was it about her that caused us to celebrate this afternoon?

She was a faithful witness of what the love of Jesus Christ can do in the life of a person and have it spill out into the lives of others. In many ways she was a fountain, shooting up the joy of the Lord, drenching others who would get close enough to see just how wonderful she really was.

She was a faithful servant of the One, True Living God.

The actual date of Gloria’s death is probably not written down in a record book that we can easily get our hands on, you see the date on the obituary refers to the date her body cease to function. The real Gloria, the part that lives forever, died a long time ago, when she heard of the call of Jesus Christ as a young girl upon her life.

How often do we read in an obituary of someone giving their life to Christ at at an early age and that’s all it has to say about their involvement in the life of the church or in their walk with the Lord. But not Gloria. She was faithful to the end.

Jesus said, , "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. What good will it be for a person if he or she gains the whole world, yet forfeits his or her soul? Or what can a person give in exchange for his or her soul?

For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he or she has done.

Gloria picked up her cross to follow Jesus Christ, thereby making her death on Tuesday just a means of passing from one form of service to God to another. How does a person go about denying himself or herself to follow Jesus?

It begins with the realization that there is more to life than what we can see around us. It continues with the understanding that everyday, all of us are making choices for our lives that affect us and others. Not only are choices being made, the Word of God tells us that a record is being kept of every decision that we make, and that one day we will give an account to God for those decisions.

. If you were to die today, would you be ready to give God an account for the decisions you have made, and would you know with a certainty that you would spend eternity in heaven with God? If the answer is not yes, then perhaps your life is being lived in vain.

The good news about Gloria, is that her living has not been in vain. God gives each of us an assignment to work with in this world. We cannot let the outward circumstances of our lives hinder us in fulfilling the task that is before us.

Gloria was created by God to be a peacemaker, a servant, and a worshipper. A peacemaker is always easy to get along with. I can tell you now that if you could not get along with Gloria, something was wrong with you. Gloria walked and carried herself with a peace that came from God.

To be a peacemaker, you can’t be thinking of yourself all the time. You have to have simple wants and desires. Gloria could be happy with a Hershey bar and a bowl of oatmeal. She didn’t have to diamonds on her dresser in her bedroom to feel good about herself..