My Grandfather’s Funeral

Just a few days ago, my grandfather passed away because of his sickness. He was buried in Solo. Before the burial there was some kind of funeral ceremony. My grandfather used to work in the Air force so the funeral was also done using the military way. Even if my family do feel sad because of it at beginning, we all then were able to manage. We all believe that my grandfather will have a better life with God in heaven. So, instead of feeling sad, I was able to learn something from his funeral ceremony.

Firstly, I learn about how military funeral ceremony was done. There were a speech done by a commander and some marching. It was attended by some members of the army and also some veteran. But one thing that caught my attention was the gunshot. Some members of the army were also shooting their guns to some kind of escorting my grandfather to his last resting place. The sounds of the gunshots were unexpectedly so loud. I never have expected it to be that loud so that I didn’t plug my ears. At the time I realize that I need to plug y ear the gunshots have over. It was too late.

The other thing that drew my attention at that time was someone that suddenly asked this question to one of my grandfather’s neighbours, “Why didn’t they buried a holy bible along with the body?”. To answer this question that neighbour said that holy bible is for living people to read not for dead people. Hearing that I suddenly thought that I actually never thought about something like that. I never pay attention to such a thing. I also thought about whether or not that neighbour’s answer was true. And I came to a conclusion that it is true. A bible is for us to read so that it can became some kind of guidance to our lives and also increases our knowledge about God. Since a dead person can no longer read anything so why should they need a bible? After all, after we die, we can meet with God directly so we can ask him if we have any question. Don’t you think so??