Michael S. Usey Revelation 21 John, in the next to last chapter of the last book of our Bible, has a vision of the new Jerusalem, a symbol of our life with God after our death. Two aspects of this passage struck me as appropriate for this service in memory of Virginia. In fact, she was ready to die. Virginia was the sixth of eight sisters, but she was the last one alive.
Someone has to be last, but there is great loneliness in being so.
The other thing that struck me about this passage are the colors that John mentions. John, trying to describe the indescribable, paints the New Jerusalem with the most vivid colors of his time. He saw the gates of the heavenly city made of pearl, and the streets of transparent gold, and the foundations of the city of jasper, sapphire, and emerald. It's a colorful image of God's coming kingdom, one that dazzles the mind's eye with its marvelous palate. What I remember most vividly about first meeting Virginia was the bright color that she wore.