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Question: Is How Great Thou Art for funeral services?
How great the art is a very powerful, multipurpose hymn that is used for worship, celebration of life, understanding of God's creation, and the like.
It is very often used at funerals as it is during the times of our greatest grief that we need to realize that:
- There's One who is greater than our grief.
- There's One who is greater than our sorrow.
- There's One who is greater than our pain.
Encouragement for Times of Grief
Sometimes our pain can sit and fester on the inside without us being aware of it. Often times, someone on the outside has to reveal to us that we're hurting and need to pay attention to our mental health. But in everything, we know that we're more than conquerors through Him Who loves us and gave Himself for us!
It can get very hard in life, but we can gain strength from the Lord in difficult times. How Great Thou Art is often used for this purpose because in seeing how great God is we can put our pressing and hurtful experiences in the right perspective.
Conclusion: How great thou art is a multipurpose and very popular hymn that is frequently used for funerals, Celebration of Life services and memorial services.
In addition to How great thou art, It is well with my soul, Amazing Grace, Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus and And can it be, are also songs that are used during times of funerals and loss.