funeral flowers

The flowers are left over from a funeral for a sad man who drank heavily and died before his time. Choices are made, or made for us, and how much will do we actually have? He had a strong faith and a beautiful singing voice and loved to sing hymns, in church, in the choir and in the hospital. Did that faith sustain him? He had neither health nor happiness, nor serenity, so what is it that faith brings into one's life?