Gracious God,
we thank you for
your beloved child,
Jesus’ faithful follower,
Jimmy Carter.
For his multiple contributions
to the lives of individuals,
to this country,
and to the international community,
we give you praise.
For his gracious being and living,
his goodness and kindness,
his integrity and compassion,
his work as a humble servant leader,
his courage in the facae of death,
we give you praise.
For his consistent witness to justice,
his tireless work for human rights,
his unshakeable belief that
all people and each person
are made in your image
and are to be treated with the
dignity that status confers,
we give you praise,
We thank you that for President Carter
death is past and
all pain and suffering and weakness has ended and,
reunited with his beloved Rosalynn
he has entered into the joy and love
you have prepared for us.
As we remember and give thanks
for President Carter,
may we learn from his example
how to follow more nearly Jesus
in whose name we pray.
Amen.
Along the Graybeard Trail 