This is not a tragic moment; it is a tender moment but not a tragic moment. We are sure of this because Jesus declared, "I am the resurrection and the life." Here is the decisive word for us today: "Those who believe in me, even though they die, yet shall they live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die." We shall never die!

We are here to celebrate the life of Eva Mae Kelly and we are here  to celebrate eternal life as we look into the jaws of death and we say, “Death, you have no dominion here.” But at the same time our loss is not diminished. Our loss is still very real. So, as we come together this morning, what do we have? There are three things we have.

1. First of all we have COMFORT.

We have the comfort of FAMILY—this is why God has placed us together into family u…