Who's Ministering to Who?

Occasionally, I get asked to sing at funerals.  Actually, it seems to be happening with more and more frequency.  In case you didn't know; the majority of the time the family picks the songs or the deceased has already picked what songs they wanted at their funeral.  So, on Friday my husband lets me know that he told  a family in my church who had just lost their dad that I would sing both of the songs at the funeral.  Normally, this would be no big deal; but, this particular weekend was the Valentine's Banquet I was in charge of plus I had never sang either of these songs before.  I was kind of stressed out about it, but I didn't want to miss out on an opportunity to minister to the family.  What I wasn't expecting was to be ministered to by the family.  The deceased man had picked "I Can Only Imagine" by MercyMe and his daughter wanted "I Will Rise" by Chris Tomlin.  The first song is kind of typical, but I usually try to avoid singing it because it is HARD to sing.  Anyways, back to the story, I was taken aback by the impact of "I will Rise" and by the fact that the family wanted this at the funeral.  They didn't want to focus on the fact that they had lost their dad, but, rather on the fact that he was in heaven and the importance of having a relationship with God.  The service itself included a gospel presentation!  I loved it.  People left feeling uplifted and overjoyed with the love of God instead of sad and crying.
I pray that I can minister to people in the selfless way that this family did to the people at the funeral.