Grace Peacock

The funeral of our sister in the Lord, Grace Peacock, was held on Thursday 27th March at Bishopton Parish Church.

Grace came to us in 2010 and we very soon learned how happy, friendly and devoted a Christian she was. She had recently come to live in Bishopton to be near her daughter Anne and was unable to attend her former church in Glasgow. She came to us at a time when we needed encouragement and she certainly brought that to us every week.

Grace had a deep interest in understanding the teaching of the Bible. Her favourite Bible commentary was written in 1706 by Matthew Henry. If she was unsure of what a speaker had been teaching, she would say, ‘I will go home and see if Matthew Henry agrees with you’. The last series of meetings that she attended was on the journey of the children of Israel from Egypt to Canaan. She said at the end of each night, ‘the grace of God is just marvellous’.

She was also a woman of prayer and she often met people in Bishopton when she was walking her daughter’s dog Mitzi and talked to them about the gospel message. They would then be added to her prayer list. She could not understand why so many people that she met in Bishopton seemed to have so little interest in the gospel message.

Her funeral was attended by people from all walks of life. Some had known her for many years, others had only met her a few times but had been so impressed by her that they wanted to attend and pay their respects.

Some of her favourite words of the Lord Jesus were read from the Bible:

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.  In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.  And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John chapter 14:1-6

Grace believed with all her heart that Jesus Christ is the only way to God, He is the only truth about God and He is the only life from God.

We will miss Grace very much and will always cherish the years of love, fellowship, care and laughter that she brought into our lives. We are confident that today she is ‘absent from the body to be present with the Lord’ 2 Corinthians 5:9