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Thought for your Monday - The Reason We Remember Great People These are reported to be actual epitaphs on tombstones: Here lies Johnny Yeast Pardon me For not rising. (Ruidoso, New Mexico) Here lays Butch, We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger, But slow on the draw. (Silver City, Nevada) Anna Wallace The children of Israel wanted bread And the Lord sent them manna, Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna. (Ribbesford, England) Margaret Daniels She always said her feet were killing her but nobody believed her. (Richmond, Virginia) Anna Hopewell Here lies the body of our Anna Done to death by a banana It wasnt the fruit that laid her low But the skin of the thing that made her go. (Enosburg Falls, Vermont) Harry Edsel Smith Born 1903--Died 1942 Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was. (Albany, New York) An anonymous tombstone: I was somebody. Who, is no business Of yours. (Stowe, Vermont) In Memory of Beza Wood Departed this life Nov. 2, 1837 Aged 45 yrs. Here lies one Wood Enclosed in wood One Wood Within another. The outer wood Is very good: We cannot praise The other. (Winslow, Maine) How sad to come to the end of your life and others not have anything good to say about you! Hebrews 11 could be viewed as a collection of epitaphs of many who had died. The chapter starts with these words: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. (Hebrews 11:1-2) Faith is the reason we remember great people who lived in the past. Thats true, isnt it? Every single person in the Bible we regard as great was a man or woman of faith. That faith made a difference in the way they lived and responded to God. Thats why we remember them. May your life be characterized by faith in God so that those who prepare your tombstone wont struggle with finding something kind to say. - Alan Smith Think about it! Have a great Monday! - DJ :)
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:01:05 +0000

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