Remember, O Lord, the soul of Thy departed servant. Give, O Lord, to Thy servant, Marguerite, eternal rest, and memory eternal!
Our sister in Christ, Marguerite, passed into her eternal reward on Tuesday, January 20th at the age of 93. She was a lifelong Lutheran and a resident at Mt. Carmel. Her family called me in to preside at the Service of Commendation for the Dying this evening in the last hour of her life on earth. God granted Marguerite courage and faithfulness throughout her life and she was loved and admired by her family, who were present at her passing. Thanks be to God!
Psalm 116
The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!”
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.
The LORD preserves the simple hearted; when I was brought low, he saved me.
Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
I believed, even when I spoke, “I am greatly afflicted”;
I said in my alarm,”All mankind are liars.”
What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits to me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD,
I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
O LORD, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.
You have loosed my bonds.
