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Someone Else
Our church was saddened to learn this week
of the death of one of our most valued members,
Someone Else. Someone's passing creates a
vacancy that will be difficult to fill. Else has been
with us for many years and for every one of those
years, Someone did far more than a normal person's
share of the work.
Whenever there was a job to do, a class to teach,
or a meeting to attend, one name was on everyone's
list, "Let Someone Else do it." Whenever leadership was
mentioned, this wonderful person was looked to for
inspiration as well as results; "Someone Else can work
with that group." It was common knowledge that
Someone Else was among the most liberal givers
in our church. Whenever there was a financial need,
everyone just assumed Someone Else would make
up the difference.
Someone Else was a wonderful person; sometimes
appearing superhuman. Were the truth known, everybody
expected too much of Someone Else. Now Someone Else
is gone! We wonder what we are going to do.
Someone Else left a wonderful example to follow, but
who is going to follow it? Who is going to do the things
Someone Else did? When you are asked to help this
year, remember - we can't depend on "Someone Else"
anymore.
Author Unknown