The Desire For Better (Funeral Message)

\\\I’D LIKE TO START OFF THIS SERVICE BY FIRST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT:

A LOSS, IS THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SOMETHING CHERISHED!

BEREAVEMENT, IS THE STATE OF BEING DEPRIVED OF SOMETHING!

GRIEF, IS THE NORMAL RESPONSE TO A LOSS!

AND THEN OF COURSE MOURNING – REFERS TO THE OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF GRIEF!

NOW, ALL OF THESE EMOTIONS ARE NORMAL RESPONSES – WHEN IT COMES TO LOSING A LOVED ONE! HOWEVER, WHERE THERE IS A VOID – AND WHILE WE MAY BE HURTING ON THE INSIDE (WE CAN TAKE COMFORT IN THE PROMISE OF OUR SAVIOR…) WHEN HE SAID, “I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR WILL I FORSAKE YOU!” (NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE – IS THE TIME THAT WE NEED TO LEAN ON JESUS)

AS A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL (THERE ARE NO MAGIC WORDS THAT I CAN SAY HERE TODAY…) THAT WILL ERASE THE PAIN OF LOSING FLOYD

BUT I CAN OFFER YOU A WORD OF HOPE (A WORD OF HOPE THROUGH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST…) BECAUSE HE ALONE CAN BRING PEACE TO YOU – EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THIS GREAT STORM!///

I want to talk to you for the next few fleeting moments About the desire of a better place.

Allow me to open this brief exegetical dissertation By stating that in 1999 there was a 6 year old Cuban boy by the name of Elian Gonzalez, He was a part of a group of 14 refugees Who boarded a 17' foot fishing vessel, In leaving Cuba and headed to the United States.

He alone with his mother and other members of the family. took pursuit in preparation and hopes to reach a better country. I'm told that many of them thought that it was a dangerous voyage, but yet they stayed on that little boat because they desired a better place.

Ultimately all of them lost their lives except little Elian. But the losing of their Lives must be noted as a pursuit of a better country.

In our chapter of consideration for right now, The apostle having referred to the heroic faith in the holy lives, Of Several of The old Testament saints Then pronounces the manner in which they finish their earthly course. He stated it by saying these all died in faith!

By this we know that this was their mode of life they lived by faith. And when they came to the close of their life they still had not received the promise neither the entire possession of Canaan or the promised messiah.

Yet through it all they were unshaken in their belief even in death!

As the troubles of life could not move them from the foundation of which they rested, neither could the dreary waters of death. For The Bible inextricably says these All died in faith!

Add to the influence of faith, and on the general tenure of spirit and conversation it is said, that they consider themselves strangers. For had they had sought to return to their native land the country of Mesopotamia And perhaps even they could have easily done so. But they preferred being strangers and pilgrims because they desired a better place.

And so we as Children of God, live in a world in which We Are not always comfortable in, For our faith leads us to realize That there has to be something better than this!

All you have to do is look at our present world, and note that it has been defaced and marred by sin. Sin has Converted the world into the region of woe, and the shadow of death! So there have to be something better than this!

Morning by morning, day-by-day, evening by evening, night by night, We are faced with the results of a sin cursed world.

Our financial institutions are insecure, our education system is failing our young, our medical practices have very few answers for the maladies within our bodies. Surely there have to be something better than this !

We are faced with police brutality, racial injustice, and certain rises of inequities among our people.

We are failing our young and mistreating our old, and pretty much telling everyone else in between to get it the best way they can! There must be a better place than this!

Our water is polluted, our cloud are infected With unquestionable Germs. Sickness is in all the land, but you see that sickness is the fruit of sin, And pain is the offspring of iniquity.

I do not care who you are, you Cannot get away from sickness. This place in which we live, is plagued with Diseases. We are constantly affected by the pain of losing our loved ones To the unsolved Dilemmas of life.

There must be a better place than this!

If you don't believe me, just simply look outside And you will find that there is an ungodly World that hates God And hates people , constantly persecuting them. There are bitter, malignant tongues, Devouring spirits, Ravenous as wild beast, Hateful and hating as demons. In this world we are lied on, Mistreated, buked and scorned. In this world we are talked about as sure as we are born!