As a guitarist, I sometimes get asked to play for people.

As a guitarist, I sometimes get asked to play for people.

Recently, I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man at 11am.

He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper’s cemetery on the far outskirts of town..

As I was not familiar with the remote areas, I got lost.

I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently left and the hearse was nowhere in sight.

There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.

I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late.

I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place.

I didn’t know what else to do. I felt terrible having missed this poor man's service. So I started to play.

The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around.

I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends.

I played like I’ve never played before for this homeless man.

And as I played ‘Amazing Grace,’ the workers began to weep.

They wept, I wept, we all wept together. It was somber, and yet, we were together as one.

When I finished, I packed up my guitar and started for my car.

Though my head hung low, my heart was full.

As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say,

“I never seen nothin’ like that before and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.”

Apparently, I was still lost…