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This last sunday we had my grandfather's funeral.

I'm bound to be thankful for him for the rest of my life. I learned great things from him and I have no doubt that I would be a better man if I could only have spent more time with him.

When we were in momentous and had been exposed to the false prophet movement I read him one of the prophecies that were given to my wife and I. With peace and confidence he said "Jeff, you've gotta watch out for prophecies, they don't all come from God." After considering the matter I confronted the one who was in charge in our little group about momentous doctrine and it led to us leaving momentus fellowship.

The group that I was with never even said thak you, (spiritual dishonesty) and my ex-wife can still be mad till today when the heart for the scripture that I first learned from my grandfather is rememberred by me as often having a part in correcting the spiritually dishonest man that I'm refering to.

Many times I brought up some doctrine I believed and grandpa looked at the Word and simply said, "Jeff, that's not what it says." He did it with love and authority and in truth was the only man living that I think of and can then comprehend the fear of the Lord.

I'm gonna mis him a lot. (sob)

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At his funeral we sang "How Great Thou Art", " What a Freind We Have in Jesus", and Then Towards the end of the service " He Hideth My Soul".

In the last song, it wasn't until the point where we sang the forth verse that starts out "When clothed with His brightness transported I rise To meet him in clouds of the sky" that I stared to feel a little better.

I could have sworn it made the minister that ran the service a little red-faced, but I'm not in the mood to consider family politics and doctrine too much right now. I just want people to be blessed, and I don't want to start a fight on the heals of Grandpa's passing. His memory and simple caring for my family seems to deserve better.

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My grandfather was quite a man, too. Everyone called him pap except grandma, who called him dad. They were both wonderful Christian people, deeply spiritual, who freely and frequently quoted from the Bible in their daily conversations. Each Sunday morning they would get in the Dodge and drive about 100 miles to attend their favorite church to hear their favorite preacher, rain or shine.

During the years I knew him, pap ran his own car repair garage next to their house. He had lots of business because he knew everybody in town and was a great car repairman. He would charge fair prices, sometimes not charge anything if the customer was unable to pay, or sometimes take payment in fresh home-grown vegetables.

He lived into his 70s, and right up to the end kept himself fit by lifting weights and using his punching bag that hung in the cellar next to the coal furnace. He would just wail on that bag! He'd get a rhythm going, punching it with both hands in turn: pa-POOM-pa-poom, pa-POOM-pa-poom, pa-POOM-pa-poom, on and on. Then one Sunday morning, he and gram got home from church and were changing clothes when he had a massive heart attack and died.

I have my pap's laugh. And I have my late father's belch.

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So sorry for your loss Jeff,I am glad you had a great relationship with your grandfather.

(and I would love to hear your laugh too)

I never got a chance to meet my grandfathers but there were people throughout my life

that helped me to unweave the cult teachings of twi and see clearly.

I like to think we can continue the legacy of these people.

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Thank you both!

This is my first holiday season without my grandpa, but I'm certain that for my mom and his other children that it is much harder on them.

And as far as my laugh goes, people have told me at times that it is similar to my mom's laugh, often times I hear that right along with an exhortation to laugh a little quieter.

If I could at all be truly a legacy for any of my grandparents and their many good points I would be content with this life I think.

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