Les Edgell 1928-2011
“Your love has given me much joy and comfort, my brother, for your kindness has often refreshed the hearts of God’s people.” Phil 1:7
It’s a good job the measure of our life’s worth isn’t reflected by the number of times our name appears on a google search. That certainly is the case with my dear friend Leslie Edgell, who passed away on the evening of 13th December, 2011 and whose funeral took place in Sidmouth yesterday. You’d be hard-pushed to find Leslie’s name if you searched for him on google, and yet here was a man whom I count to be right up there among the greats. A man of compassion, vision, love for his God and his fellow human-beings with a wicked sense of humour to boot, Leslie’s life impacted a vast number of people across Britain, the United States and the former Soviet Union, my own included. The verse in Philemon was appropriately chosen during Les’ thanksgiving service as a fitting epitaph… a man who loved much and gave much joy and comfort and through his kindness refreshed the hearts of many people.
“Well done good and faithful servant.”
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