Psalm 22:1-11Philippians 2:5-8Luke 8:49-56 and Luke 6:17-23

A Scriptural SermonOn The Death Of A Child

Of all the funeral sermons I've ever preached, I guess this is the hardest.

You may wonder why I picked the story of the raising of Jairus' daughter for a time like this. I picked it because, as I read it, I feel angry. If Jesus could do that for Jairus' daughter, why not for *?

For anyone who has ever loved a child, this has to be a hard, hard time.

I remember a time once when I told a friend who had lost his daughter years earlier, "In some ways I know how you feel," and he answered, "No you don't. If you haven't gone through it, you don't know how we feel."

I guess that's the reason I'm such a great believer in the Compassionate Friends.

The Compassionate Friends is a support group made up of…