{"id":40765,"date":"2016-03-01T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/coachs-eulogy-for-his-wife\/"},"modified":"2016-03-01T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T13:00:00","slug":"coachs-eulogy-for-his-wife","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/coachs-eulogy-for-his-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"A Coach&#8217;s Eulogy for His Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In mid-February of 2016, Monty Williams, an Assistant Coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder pro basketball team, stood at his wife&#39;s funeral to give her eulogy. A few days earlier his wife Ingrid was tragically killed in a car accident. Williams had some profound things to say about grief, forgiveness, and God&#39;s sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n<p>Williams says, &quot;This is hard for my family, but this will work out. And my wife would punch me if I were to sit up here and whine about what is going on. That doesn&#39;t take away the pain, but it will work out because God causes all things to work out.&quot; He then goes on to talk about the family of the person who hit his wife, because the other driver died as well. Monty says, &quot;Let us not forget that there were two people in this situation, and that family needs prayer as well. And we have no ill will toward that family. 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