Funerals and Worship

Well the title sure sounds cheery for today now doesn't it?

Thought 7: Funerals are a strange thing for the Christian. Because of our faith funerals should be a massive celebration for the person who passed on is now meeting Christ and going to be in their Father's arms. But we all mourn for that person because we won't get to see them for the rest of this lifetime. I was thinking back to some of the funerals I had been to. I was very sad that they had passed away and I wouldn't get to see them anymore but I never broke into tears over that fact at the funeral. When my grandpa (or papa as I called him) passed away from Alzheimer's I was at the verge of tears the whole time. I was in Grade 7 at the time I believe and it came time to place a rose on the casket. As I went up I was fighting back the tears and then I turned and saw my Grandma (or nana) crying and that made me cry. More recently at my grandma's funeral (not the nana one) I started crying once I heard the sobs of my mom, aunt, and uncles. I realized that my tears were caused not because my loved one was gone but because of the current pain of my loved ones now.

Thought 8: On a totally unrelated note I was listening to Sun FM on my way home last night and I heard something that upset me a little. First of all their is a commercial that Sun plays for themselves and it talks about looking at porn when your mother walks in and then saying you should have been on their twitter or facebook site. That was a little over the limit in my point but that is not what upset me. They have now the Sun worshipers club. Yup worshipers. People join this club so they can win prizes which is all good and fine but the name is brutal. Sun worshipers makes it sound like Sun FM is setting themselves up as God. I didn't like that too much and if they were to change the name it would be all fine with me but worshipers?