Closure is what we call the need for finality after a death of a loved one. We can claim we are unaffected, but somewhere, sometime the effects will out! Thus, the need for a “funeral” of some type.
I have seen anything from the somber to the bash! Religious to pagan.
Every culture has there approach to death.
The Christian has an optimistic yet realistic approach. In today’s funeral we celebrated the life of Harry Piluk. We watched as weeping happened – sorrowing for the loss of one who had talked, walked, comforted, fathered, fixed and loved. Then we gave the casket a final resting place, confident that Harry is not dead but will live – absent from the body is present with Jesus!
Death and dying are joyful yet painful times. May God comfort the Piluk’s at this time, and give them the great hope of the Christian – resurrection!