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I need some help, I have been asked to come up with a biblical passage for my grandmother's funeral, she isn't dead yet, but it will be only hours. I don't want to do Psalm 23 you know "lie me down in green pastures," because everyone does it. In addition, I want something to celebrate her life, not celebrate her death. Because she was a good woman who raised 4 kids, and when she was more active in life she would do volunteer work with the VA hospital and other organizations in the area.

Fortunately, my uncle and his priest was able to share Christ with her, it was a little late in her life, but I think the Lord did show comfort upon her. When my aunt, went to the rehabilitation center the night before my grandmother was about to be sent home, there was a cat sitting in front of grandmothers door. When my aunt opened the door, the cat jumped up onto the bed, and curled next to my grandmother and fell asleep. The cat stayed there even after my aunt left.

At a recent funeral for an Uncle the service used:

Isaiah 25
6 And in this mountain will YHWH of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
7 And He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that is cast over all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
8 He will swallow up death for ever; and the Lord YHWH will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of His people will He take away from off all the earth; for YHWH hath spoken it.
9 And it shall be said in that day: 'Lo, this is our God, for whom we waited, that He might save us; this is YHWH, for whom we waited, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.'

From the JPS - Divine Name Restored

Sorry, you've picked an emormously busy time on the thread. Usually you'd get more options form the folks here, btu we're caught in a bit of a dispute right now.

Luke 23:
38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Short, simple and to the point. We deserve death, everlasting death. But Jesus, hanging on the Cross offers to us forgiveness and salvation if we but ask for it.

It's a microcosm of the Cross, done while He was actually hanging on the Cross.

Sorry to hear of your grandmother's condition.

May God comfort you and your family.

As to scripture, I like the following ...
1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

3 If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant

5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

6 it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.

7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.

9 For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part;

10 but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end.

11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways.

12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.

13 And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
God Bless ...

Here is another which may work for you ...
Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a worthy woman ? For her price is far above rubies.

11 The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain.

12 She doeth him good and not evil All the days of her life.

13 She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.

14 She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

15 She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth food to her household, And their task to her maidens.

16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

17 She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.

18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable: Her lamp goeth not out by night.

19 She layeth her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle.

20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household; For all her household are clothed with scarlet.

22 She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry; Her clothing is fine linen and purple.

23 Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.

24 She maketh linen garments and selleth them, And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

25 Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.

26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.

27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

28 Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband [also], and he praiseth her, [saying]:

29 Many daughters have done worthily, But thou excellest them all.

30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; [But] a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.