Billy Graham Funeral

Grip_Maker's_Wife · Mar 2, 2018

I watched the Billy Graham funeral today. It was a beautiful service, very moving and inspirational. It was hard not to well up with tears when Anne and Ruth spoke and when the lone bagpiper played as they carried his casket away. Anne is so much like her father.

The casket was made by prisoners at Louisiana State Penitentiary where Billy Graham had ministered. They were built in 2006 and the prisoner's names who built them are burned into the inside of the lid. They were purchased for $200 each.

According to the news, Billy Graham ministered in person to 75,000,000 in his lifetime. Yes, that's 75 million! If you missed it, I would recommend watching it on youtube. Did anyone else watch it?

Grip_Maker's_Wife · Mar 2, 2018

I don't have the exact quote but Franklin said something along the lines of his father telling him, "There will come a day when people will tell you that I have died. Don't you believe it. I will be alive more than I ever have been. Only my address will have changed."

6518John · Mar 2, 2018

I will never forget—and it was years ago—watching him on TV at one of his big rallies and it was a coming a frog strangler. He was wiping his glasses—I think with his tie he was so down to earth—and said, "well you know how you have heard in Arizona it is a dry heat when it is 120 degrees? Well this is a dry rain!"

I always liked him after that.

JayCeeNC · Mar 2, 2018

I watched it live on local TV.
I'm not a religious man, but I shed a few tears at the passing of a great man.
We should thank God he granted us the gift of His messenger for so many decades.

Watchdog · Mar 2, 2018

Grip_Maker's_Wife said:
I don't have the exact quote but Franklin said something along the lines of his father telling him, "There will come a day when people will tell you that I have died. Don't you believe it. I will be alive more than I ever have been. Only my address will have changed."

As I mentioned in another thread about Reverend Graham, he did not fear death. His absolute certainty that he would share eternal paradise with his wife, Ruth, was one of the things that inspired so many people to change their lives for the better.

One of his stories involved someone who asked him if his dog would be with him in Heaven. Reverend Graham replied that God has promised us eternal happiness and joy in Heaven, and if that meant our dogs would be with us, then they would be there.

I hope that's true. Providing, of course, that I get there myself.

ancient-one · Mar 2, 2018

When I think about his life, it kind of seems that he was God's earthly representative.

4011 · Mar 2, 2018

Watched it on Fox News channel. My dad watched Dr. Graham anytime
His crusades were on tv. Very good service and very tastefully done. Never any dirt out there about him. But if you don't play in the mud you don't get muddy.

old bear · Mar 2, 2018

Mr. Graham was a true man of God. May he be forever blessed.

meaneyedcatz · Mar 2, 2018

Just watched it. Beautiful man!!

hanken · Mar 4, 2018

In 1972 I was working 2nd shift in a machine shop after just getting married. I came home at 3:30 a.m. to my little wife with tears in her eyes and she said she had watched Billy Graham on tv and got saved. After praying for seven years for this old hard hearted man the Lord came knocking on my hearts door. The greatest decision I ever made in my life. So Dr. Graham had a part in not only in my wife's life but many others who have been touched in my family's lives and many friends also. To God be the glory.

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