At the risk of being called a post-hog, I am going to post again today.

I went to a funeral on my lunch break today. I didn’t know the person who died. (No I don’t make a habit of going to the funerals of people I don’t know. I went out of respect to her daughter.) I’ve gotten to know the daughter over the past few years and I wanted to show my love for her by going.

The minister was not someone I knew. I assume he was the pastor of the lady who died. He shared the word and the fact that the lady who died had believed Jesus’ words and had walked with Him through her life. He also shared about memories of her from her children and friends.

Something he said hit me profoundly. He said that “one thing that God gives us that we can give to others that they will carry into eternity is our love.” I started thinking about that and the flip side. If love can be carried into eternity, can anger, hate and mistreatment? I started thinking about all the people whose lives have banged up against mine over the past years. I can only imagine that some of them won’t carry my love into eternity with them.

So, to those of you who have been touched by my life, I ask that you would forgive me if what you carry in your heart from me is anything less than love. I humbly apologize for showing you anything less than Jesus would have. Although I do not have the right, I ask that God’s grace and mercy would replace anything that Jesus would not have said or done. I especially ask that Chris, Dar, Dennis and Mike forgive me my anger toward them and I want them to know that I feel nothing but love for them.

Barb