Funerals Are Interesting

I went to a funeral today. Actually I officiated it. There were lots of people I didn't know and some I did. Some people spoke to me while a lot of them would'nt hardly look at me. I figure they must feel guilty cause I'm not that ugly. Anyway it was a pretty normal funeral as funerals go. Before the funeral I listened to people standing around talking - about cattle, business, the need for rain, their kids and such but I didn't hear many talking about the person we were there to remember. Odd. After it was all over we went to the church dining hall to visit and eat. Funerals make people hungry. I sat at a table with a man I know and I learned something important-again. You can't judge a book by it's cover as the saying goes. I have known this guy for a long time - from a distance. I have also formed ideas about him and most of them were wrong. It was embarrassing. I was amazed at the things I learned about him just sitting at the table talking with him. Maybe that's why Jesus spent a lot of time eating with people. Somehow it helps us know each other better. I guess it's a mystical, spiritual thing. Most of all I was amazed at what I learned about myself. I'm going to try and be a little slower on forming opinions about people and a little more focused on trying to get to know them better so I can celebrate their imagio dei (I hope I spelled that right).