Rev. E.V. Hill was pastor of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles for 42 years. Hill served as leader of the National Baptist Convention and on the board of the Billy Graham Association. He was also an influential leader in the civil rights movement. E V Hill passed away in 2003 at age 69. His first wife, Jane, died of cancer on October 29th, 1987. He was married for 32 years to Jane. Today he delivers his wifes funeral as was broadcast on Focus On the Family. It is a powerful message with humor and wisdom- not sure if I should file it under marriage, life or sermons. I urge you to listen to this message. He calls it "My Wifes Death in Biblical Perspective" and Job 1:21 is his verse. I first heard it on Focus on the Family and had the tape for years until I lost it in our house fire.
Noted author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia tells of a four-year-old boy who lived next door to an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.
One day the child saw the man sitting on his porch in a rocking chair, and noticed that he was crying.
The little boy walked over to the man’s porch, made his way up the steps and climbed onto the old gentleman’s lap.
Without saying a word, he just sat there.
Later, when his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy answered, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."
One day the child saw the man sitting on his porch in a rocking chair, and noticed that he was crying.
The little boy walked over to the man’s porch, made his way up the steps and climbed onto the old gentleman’s lap.
Without saying a word, he just sat there.
Later, when his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy answered, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."
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