{"id":11420,"date":"2016-09-09T11:21:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T18:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=11420"},"modified":"2016-09-09T20:57:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T03:57:21","slug":"god-only-knows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2016\/09\/09\/god-only-knows\/","title":{"rendered":"God Only Knows"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"vernon-hospital\"<\/a><\/h6>\n
From one of Allison’s blogs. The insight: we don’t even really know ourselves. Check it here<\/a>.<\/h6>\n

Last Sunday daughter Allison and friends put together a service\/celebration\/party for husband Vernon, just deceased. The date coincided with their tenth anniversary, which they always looked forward to but never reached. It was in the same backyard where they’d been married. There were lots of speakers, plenty of music, food and wine. It was all very special. Among the musical numbers was the song God Only Knows<\/em>, performed by all the musicians, including Vernon’s son Maki at the center on guitar, and a mini-solo part by daughter Justine. If you want to hear it, it’s here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

God only knows<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0particularly telling\u00a0now during this season of eulogy. Why? Because eulogies are never complete.<\/p>\n

Last week, with various people sharing, we all got to know more about Vernon than any one of us knew before. And to appreciate him more. But\u00a0it wasn’t\u00a0complete, and never could be. There’s always more to the person than any ten friends can relate, or a hundred.<\/p>\n

No eulogy is adequate.<\/p>\n

I think about my parents. They lived so long that most of their peers were gone long before them. Outside of family, few could speak for them.<\/p>\n

Then there’s the situation where the one who knew the person best and could speak most eloquently has moved away, or isn’t asked to speak, or is given only three minutes.<\/p>\n

That we get to know and better appreciate someone only after he or she is gone\u00a0is an irony. The slide show informs and helps fill in the gaps. The praises of the person’s hidden virtues inspire. But it’s still never complete.<\/p>\n

As the song says, God only knows.<\/em><\/p>\n

Happily, he does.*<\/p>\n

_____<\/p>\n

This coming Sunday there will be another memorial\u00a0service for Vernon. It’ll be at Heritage Christian Fellowship, San Clemente, September 11 at 1:30 p.m. \u00a0All\u00a0invited.<\/span><\/p>\n

* \u00a0“You are familiar with all of my ways.”<\/em> Psalm 139:3<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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