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Daniel 5:11,12- The mother queen speaking, "There is in your kingdom a man who has within him the spirit of the holy God. In the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom..were found in him...and your father made him chief above all..because an excellent spirit, knowledge and understanding were found in him.
Daniel 5:14,16-The king speaking to him,"I have heard that the Spirit of the Holy God is in you and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you. And I have heard that you can give interpretation and solve problems"
Add to this that Danial was remembered as a significant, spiritual, superior, sensible and skillful man who had the integrity to refuse the king's gifts and reviewed and rebuked this wicked king. Now you have the making of a beautiful eulogy to this faithful man of God.
When I was in the tenth grade, we had a teacher who spent six weeks trying to teach from a book called, Spoonriver Anthology or was it Riverspoon Anthology. She was very discouraged that after six weeks, we could not even remember the title of the book. Any way, I do remember that we all had to write our own epitaph or eulogy. At sixteen, I can imagine how shallow those turned out to be. What about now, What would we like to have written about us after we are gone. Erma Bombeck said she knew a lady who had written on hers, "See, I told you I was sick." I hope that we are leaving a legacy that our kids can be proud of and maybe even want to emulate. I think I would love to leave this:
Connie Sue Waller Fleetwood
Nov 1956-
She loved God, His Word and others
or maybe two words
She loved
or maybe one word:
Relationships
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