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We see different kinds of deaths: natural deaths, suicides, death by killing, accidents and also voluntary deaths. More and more we are convinced that we are punished, deserted, rejected and abandoned by God. Death shakes the sense of meaning in life. Why do I still live? – my mother is dead or my father is dead, or my child is dead.

In anger and depression we feel, “God’s voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and intellects. Nobody wanted God in a box, just in a book. Especially an expensive one bound in leather with gilt edges or was that guilt edges?” (Shack P 66).

We are convinced that life is our right, something that belongs to us and something we are entitled for. Every relationship that we make on earth has been known to God first. God has written forward page or a preface or an acknowledgement even before we start writing our books of relationships. Parents pride themselves of being there for their children from the beginning – God was there for eternity before you ever saw your children. We all owe our existence to God.

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live (Norman Cousins). If a child of twelve could make a great impact on the hearts of Jairus, his family and Jesus’ inner circle of friends, it is nothing but glorifying God. If our deaths have the power to glorify God, how much more our lives have power to do so! Greatest love shown on a dead body is not so much of a detached drops of tears, official handshakes or expensive black fashion show on the funeral, rather an honest gratitude to God for the life of the deceased and a silent meditation on how the deceased taught you the lesson of life.

It is never too late. Every parent should leave back a lesson to their children especially our modern world needs funerals filled with faith and love. Before someone fools you and others, thinking that they can fool God in the name of Eulogy, have a go with your own eulogy. What have I lived for so far? Let your closest friend or spouse write your eulogy while you are alive – then you know what is expected of you!

All those who just saw the dead body of the little girl were sent out or thrown out of the room, but the people who saw and believed that Jesus has something to do with the life of the girl were invited to the room. Let that be a point of reference for all those who come for funeral and all those getting ready for the funeral. “Talitha Koum” is an invitation to a life with Christ. Get up now!