Vrede wrote: "......here and around the world people smile and laugh when celebrating a life at a memorial...."
Tis true ......Although the occasion is a sad one, Christians generally celebrate the life of a loved one who has served the Lord.
Nothing wrong with jubilation; providing it doesn't turn into a drunken revelry like most Christmas parties.
Vrede wrote: "......here and around the world people smile and laugh when celebrating a life at a memorial...."
Tis true ......Although the occasion is a sad one, Christians generally celebrate the life of a loved one who has served the Lord.
Nothing wrong with jubilation; providing it doesn't turn into a drunken revelry like most Christmas parties.
Actually, there's nothing wrong with it then, either.
People are crazy and times are strange. I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range.
I used to care, but, things have changed.
Vrede wrote: "......here and around the world people smile and laugh when celebrating a life at a memorial...."
Tis true ......Although the occasion is a sad one, Christians generally celebrate the life of a loved one who has served the Lord.
Nothing wrong with jubilation; providing it doesn't turn into a drunken revelry like most Christmas parties.
Which is every single person that has a service at a church. I've never heard a preacher say, "Yup, that guy is going straight to hell!". Nope, they're all going to heaven because they were all such good Christians......
Yeah...... masters of telling people what they want to hear, not a bit of truth in it.
When I die I want people to put me in a rocking chair out in the backyard and build a fire and get completely intoxicated as they recall what all we've done and not done, and for somebody to keep rocking me.