WASHINGTON — Thousands of mourners paid their respects to the late Billy Graham Wednesday and Thursday, following a service in the U.S. Capitol honoring his life.
The world-renowned evangelist, who died Feb. 21 at the age of 99, became the fourth civilian in American history to lie in repose in the Capitol Rotunda.
Shannon Baker of Reading, Pennsylvania, who’s a communications director for the Baptist Convention of Maryland and Delaware, told The Christian Post that the fact Graham was honored in this way by the federal government was evidence that, as Scripture says in Matthew 23:12, “those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
“Today is a perfect example of a man who really humbled himself first before Jesus but then before presidents, before this government, before the people. Before every single person he became like Christ and shared love, grace, peace and mercy,” Baker said. “And because of that, I think he’s being exalted now. God has placed him in a place of honor. So as he lies in honor today, I trust that He is pleased.”
In 1991, Baker became a Christian at age 24, and prior to receiving Christ, Graham was the only Christian leader she knew. When she lived in North Carolina she attended a few of his crusades, and early in her journey of faith she attended a church service in North Carolina where Graham was the guest preacher. Even then, she said she knew he was spiritually significant.
Baker’s husband, Larry, who pastors Bridge Fellowship Church in Shellington, Pennsylvania, chimed in to add: “I wouldn’t doubt it if God uses this day to continue to save people through Billy…
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