By Al
Behel
I love reading old headstones. That may
sound morbid, but I have found that the epitaph written may reveal a lot about the
person whose body lies beneath the ground. Some are very sad, and some are
rather comical. I recall one in New England which advertised that the widow was
mourning as one who could be comforted. One I read in Barren County, Kentucky
reads, “Behold, my friends, in passing by, as you are now so once was I, as I
am now one day you’ll be. So, prepare for death and follow me.” Someone had
written below these words: “Before I follow you of my own consent, I’d like to
know which way you went.”
Probably the most appropriate epitaph for
any of us would be these simple words, “To Be Continued…” All of us will exit
our physical bodies and they will return to dust, but, inside our bodies is a
living soul which will never die. That soul will live eternally somewhere.
There are only two choices: heaven or hell. Your life will “be continued.”
We hope others will say good things about
us when we are gone. But, more important is what God will say. Will He say,
“you fought a good fight, you finished the course, you kept the faith”? Will He
say, “Well done! Good and faithful servant”? Or, will He say, “I never knew
you”? The choice is ours.
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