Eulogy of Dorothy Boswell
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Faithlife Study Bible Chapter 24
Joseph believed that God would help his people and that someday his bones would be brought with God’s people out of Egypt (Gen 50:25); Moses ensured this action was carried out (Exod 13:19).
Holding a funeral is the most solemn thing the living can do for the departed. The Bible says, “It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart.”
A funeral is the way we say, “Good by.” It is not a simple thing. You get dressed, go to the house of God or some other special place, you invite people, bring a minister, say scriptures over the deceased, sing, someone offers words of blessing, then you say more scriptures. The family gathers together on earth. They serve as a bridge to the family who will meet in heaven.
I watched part of the Memorial service for Kobi Bryant. You could feel the grief of thousands. This funeral for Dorothy is just as important that yesterday’s. We approach this service with grief, love, honor, respect, and faith.
We are here to honor your mother’s memory and to perform what she may wanted for her family.
We are here to honor your mother’s memory and to perform what she may wanted for her family.
James called me to remind me of our collective history.
We are here to honor your mother and grandmother. The bible says, “Honor your father and mother that your days may be long upon the land the Lord your God gives you.”
I remember this family since the Energetics used to practice on Wilcock Street. I also remember Sis. Boswell from Mt. Sinai. She had the warmest smile I’d ever known. We honor her today.
God led me to this passage of scripture. This may be the most solemn story in the Old Testament.
Joseph was one of the most important people in the Old Testament. His father made him a coat of many colors. He was special. He had strange dreams for which his brothers hated him.
First they thought to kill him. They instead sold him into slavery. He was falsely accused of rape and sent to prison. From there, he became the prime minister of Egypt. God gave Jospeh wisdom. When the famine hit the land, Joseph had storehouses full of grain. He called all his father’s children back together to live with him in Egypt. They stayed there for 430 years.
Joseph believed God would one day deliver his people. Before he died, he requested they would take his bones from Egypt and carry them to the Promised Land.
Joseph believed God would one day deliver his people. Before he died, he requested they would take his bones from Egypt and carry them to the Promised Land.
And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
430 years later Moses honored Joseph’s request.
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.”
About 70 years after that, Joshua finally laid those bones to rest in the Promised Land.
Tell my story of burying my father… he had a 21 gun salute and I paid for his service when he was never in my life
WE HAVE A CEREMONY LIKE THIS BECAUSE WE HONOR THE LIFE GOD HAS GIVEN US
THE BONES REPRESENT THE ONE WE LOVED. THE FAMILY HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO LAY THEIR LOVED ONE TO REST PROPERLY.
Tell my story of burying my father… My father was a veteran. He left my mother before my first birthday. He never paid child support. He called me off and on, but about 10 years ago, he became ill. I took care of him in Philadelphia.
The woman in his life took all his money. I had to pay for the burial of a man who once told me I was not his son. I could do forgive him because Jesus forgave me.
We had a 21 gun salute and I laid his bones in the veterans wall at the Philadelphia National Memorial Cemetery. I honored his remains.
You will honor your mother as a family.
Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
You will honor your mother as a family.
Joseph had a plan to bring his family together. 500 years after he made his request, his family buried him in Shechem.
God has a plan for your family.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jacob, the father of Joseph secured an inheritance for his family. Your mother has secured an inheritance for you. If you would trust in her God and Jesus Christ, her savior, you will be with her again....
Joseph did not want to be buried in Egypt. He wanted to be buried in the promised land.
WE WILL LAY YOUR MOTHER’S BONES IN THE GROUND, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO HER RESURRECTION.
THE BEST WAY TO REMEMBER YOUR MOTHER IS FULFILL HER HEART’S DESIRE.
WE ALL HAVE PLANS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN....
EVERYONE CONNECTED TO THIS LIFE MUST HONOR IT BY FULFILLING THE REQUEST OF THEIR LOVED ONE.
WHAT DO YOU INHERIT FROM YOUR MOTHER? I PRAY YOU INHERIT HER
FAITH
LOVE
GOD
WE WILL LAY YOUR MOTHER’S BONES IN THE GROUND, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO HER RESURRECTION.
SHE IS IN THE PROMISED LAND.