20070130 The Blessing

The Blessing

January 30^th, 2007

H/t: The Chairman

I just received this in an e-mail and it is way too funny to not post. Be prepared to chuckle. What a great way to begin the day.

As a young minister, I was asked by funeral director to hold a graveside service for a homeless man, with no family or friends.

The funeral was to be held at a cemetery way back in the country and this man would be the first to be laid there.

I was not familiar with the backwoods area.

I became lost and arrived an hour late.

I saw the backhoe &the crew who were eating lunch but the hearse was nowhere in sight.

I apologized to the workers for my tardiness & stepped to the side of the open grave, where I saw the vault lid already in place.

I assured the workers that I would not hold them up for long but this was the proper thing to do.

The workers gathered around, still eating their lunch. I poured out my heart & soul.

As I preached the workers began to say "Amen," "Praise the Lord," and "Glory," I preached & preached like I'd never preached before ... from Genesis all the way to Revelations.

I closed the lengthy service with a prayer & walked to my car.

As I was opening the door &taking off my coat, I overhead one of the workers saying to another, "I ain't never seen anything like that before, and I have been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."