Funeral

Arranged to meet Irving for preparation of discussion on Fri's CG. Went to Delifrance to have our dinner as we discuss. He came from his home cos he went back to take his stuff. Tiger, Merv and Pris were practicing their P&W on friday. Ink told me that Pris has a very beautiful voice, something like Evelyn's.

We ordered our food and settled down to discuss. We didn't cover much, cos I was too busy talking to him abt other things, which took alot of time (forgot what I had said, but probably self-reflection, discovery, mixed with complaints.. haha). We had to suspend the discussion to be continued the next day as we were going to Andrew's granddad's funeral.

The pastor, I forgot his name presided over the funeral. His closing story impresses me. Its a story of Father and a Son. There's this man, who try his best to bring up his children, 2 daughters and a son, to live the christian ways. However, his son did not live like a christian and went abt his rebellious ways. When the father is on his death bed, he called his whole family. He said to each of the members, "Good night, see you in the morning!" (i.e. see you in heaven). When its his son's turn, he told him that he had tried his best to guide him to the path of salvation, but to no avail. When he finished, with tears in his eyes, he said to his son, "Good night, and Good Bye!".

The son cried to the father, "Why do you said, see you in the morning to the others, but to me you said good bye??". The father replied to the son that its cos of his wicked ways, that he'll not be able to join the father in heaven. When the son heard this, he wept and asked for forgiveness from his father and from God. The son felt a sense of serenity and happiness. The father on seeing this said to the son, "Good night son, see you in the morning!"

Moral of the story is, are you going to tell your family, your relatives, your friends, "Good night, see you in the morning!" or "Good night, and Good Bye!"?

Another interesting point I noted is that the pastor said that funerals are not for the dead, cos they're in heaven already, but for the living, to be a testimony to the living and a chance to convert them if they're not christians yet.