First Funeral

I had the privilege today of officiating my first funeral. People were shocked by that as I shared that fact. I guess they assumed that all pastor do funerals at least once a year...but when you serve most of your years on a staff the size of a football team its not normally the associate that gets the call. So, I was privileged to be able to spend good time with the family of a man named Richard Gaiski. Not knowing him, it was an interesting experience to have to rely on the family to help me get a taste of what kind of man he was. He seemed like a great family man and a great dad. He loved sports and cared about people. It was a good day and it will be one I'll never forget. I thank God he entrusts simple minded ministers like me with the huge responsibility of honoring the lives of people and ultimately pointing people to Christ. This man was the father of one of the guys in our recovery program at OKC Compassion. It was cool to come full circle with this guy to the extent that he would ask me to do that funeral for his family. Pretty neat stuff!