I have a sticker on my guitar case that reads"Live so the preacher wont have to lie at you funeral". Now, most folks take that as a faith based statement and it is but it says so much more to me.I really hope someone can say more when they flop my old bones in the ground then something like "He liked to watch TV". I look at the scars on my body from various mishaps on a mountain bike and other activities and remember how alive I was when I got them. The lines in my face from too much sun and wind while having a big pack strapped to my back or a flyrod in my hand reminds me of good times with friends and family.I look at the second part of John 10:10 and if nothing else thats what the Lord has granted me.
When the sun heads behind the mountains and the cold of the evening creeps through the valley at the end of the day I look back on what I've done and ask myself "Will the preacher need to lie at my funeral"?
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ReplyDeleteGood reminder. There's a tombstone in Lincoln KS for a travelling salesman in the 40s. It simply says, "This is Where He Stopped Last." What a sad summation to a life. My kids would say, he demanded good grades and made beds. groan
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