Murrell Ewing is now singing with the Angels

[BeenThinkin]

Originally Posted by notofworks

From the time that I remember being in his home as a small child, seeing this larger-than-life figure sitting in his rocking chair, I have greatly admired Murrell Ewing, mostly from a distance.

Now that I know the energy it takes to preach a sermon, I have no idea how he could sing for 45-60 minutes, and then preach for two hours. I know that sounds crazy to think of sitting and listening to a person that long, but I'll have to admit it never quite seemed that long.

When I was in bible school, he came to CLC once and opened his sermon with a story. Basically, the story was this....he was sitting on his porch one day and saw a squirrel run across the road and get hit by a car. But it took him 30 minutes to tell it and when he was finished we were all sobbing.

"If I could have just spoken squirrel language I could have called out to him and saved his life! But tonight, I'm not talking to a bunch of squirrels.....". Good grief, I think we cried our eyeballs out.

Years later, he came to our church and we were all joking about how much we were gonna cry, especially if he told the story behind the song, "Take Me Home Now."

So I walked into the church with gobs of Kleenex hanging out of my pockets. We all laughed and continued to joke about it. But sure enough, we ended up with tears pouring down our faces and used all the Kleenex.

There are many great singers and preachers but few could stir emotions like Murrell Ewing could. I just got home and saw the news on Facebook and suddenly wanted to hear him just one more time.

Rest in peace, Bro. Ewing. I'm one of the thousands who thought you were amazing.

Great Eulogy NotofWorks! One correction, the song was "Take Me Home Last!" about a little boy who found something at Sunday School and he wanted to stay on the bus as long as he could, thus his request, "Take Me Home Last!"

The sermon "Saturday's Hero" was taken from a Norman Rockwell painting. Murrell Ewing was truly a "Christian Artist!" When he sang for the Gaither's Homecoming video he had all the old pros on their feet as he concluded, "He Saw Me!" That should be the title of his funeral sermon, "He Saw Me!"

Rest in peace Murrell Ewing and it was an honor to have you as a true friend!

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