Two funerals held in our city today drew my attention. One was for a sheriff's deputy who died after being shot during his response to a call for aid. About two thousand people, including the governor and attorney general and a large number of law enforcement officials from the region, attended the memorial service held for him. So many cars were in the procession to the cemetery that sections of some of the main thoroughfares through the city were closed, and traffic was directed to alternate routes. Hundreds of officers and members of a motorcycle honor guard stood with flags at the burial site. A gun salute, "Taps," bagpipes playing "Amazing Grace," and a helicopter flying overhead honored the young man in a way befitting an officer who gave his life in the line of duty, especially since he was a loving husband and father.
The second service was attended by only a few dozen people. "Nellie was God's biggest earth-bound angel," the presiding pastor said, and wept openly as she shared the many ways this Christian woman had shared her life and her love with others. It was a very simple service, with nothing to make it outstanding except the one we were remembering and honoring. The community paid little attention—but God took note.
Little is much if God is in it;
Labor not for wealth or fame.
There's a crown and you can win it,
If you'll go in Jesus' name.
Kittie L. Suffield (1924?)
MaryMartha
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