For Immediate Release

July 2015

Monday July 20th

, 2015

Rev. Dr. Clarence Norman, Sr. - Celebration of

Triumph and Words of Comfort from New York State

Assemblyman Walter T. Mosley

As it was in the beginning, it is easy for us today to forget that God has a personal interest in each

one of us. We may feel insignificant or out of control when we look at world events. But knowing

that God is ultimately in control, that he cares, and that he is willing to be known by us can bring

a new sense of purpose to our lives. How do we measure our worth? Are we valuable because of

our achievements and potential, or because God, our creator and designer, declares us valuable?

As Ezekiel fearlessly preached the word of God to the exiled Jews of old in Babylonia, an effort

to make them hear the timeless truth of Gods love and power; let us now not forget how this son

of God in Rev. Norman had, through his teachings, made us think about our responsibility to trust

God, and about the inevitability of Gods judgment against rebellion and indifference.

And like unto the teachings through Ezekiel who like in Reverend Norman gave us all too

often a vivid picture of the unchangeable holiness of God. And in accepting his teachings the

spirit of this man through his sermons and relentless guidance gave us all a vision of the glory

of God, a fresh sense of his greatness, as we face the struggles of this day and daily life as a

whole.

In his eulogy of Samuel DeWitt Proctor, Gardner Taylor so noted that something vast and noble

has passed from among us. It is like a mighty oak has fallen, leaving an empty and gaping space

against the sky where it stood.

I know we many feel that something is missing or seem empty over these past several days, but as

it is so stated in the first book of Corinthians 15th chapter: The sting of death is sin, and the

power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus

Christ. Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable always abounding in the work of the

Lord, knowing that in the Lord that his labor was not in vain.

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