Record a Living Eulogy
Day 344

You can record a living eulogy on a videotape or audiocassette. Plan a
time when your loved ones are all together. Each person could share a
favorite song and Bible verse. Go around the room and ask specific
questions, or have each person share something nice about the person next to
him or her. Reminisce happy memories that include those in the room.
Also, share thoughts and memories about loved ones who are no longer
with you.

Pastor Buck Buchanan says, "The benefit I've seen is the event itself,
just getting the family together. There's a lot of crying; there's a
lot of laughing; there's a lot of exchange. You see the family's
relationships coming out. It is extremely helpful in healing."

This is the perfect opportunity to let those around you know how much
you love and value them for who they are. Sometimes in grief you will
cling too tightly to family members who are still living because you fear
losing them as well. This does not make them feel loved and valued;
that behavior is based on fear.

Bring the family together. Plan a special evening of living memories,
laughter, favorites, questions, and tears. Let God's love flow through
you.

"These days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation,
every family, every province, and every city . . . that the memory of
them should not perish among their descendants" (Esther 9:28 nkjv).

Father God, You created me to be in a family. Teach me to cherish my
loved ones in a way that is healthy and true. Amen.

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