The Things Which Remain When All Is Lost
An Anthology Of Funeral Meditations
There is a story in the Old Testament book of 2 Samuel which I want to share with you. When King David and his wife Bathsheba had their first child it became apparent the boy would not live very long. For seven days the child lay near death.
During this time King David was in a period of mourning and fasting. He lay all night upon the ground asking God that the child might live.