WHO SENT YOUR INVITATION? When I enter that beautiful city, and the saints in heaven draw near, I want someone to meet me and greet me and say, "It was you who invited me here!"…
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THE END OF THE ROAD IS BUT A BEND IN THE ROAD When we feel we have nothing left to give and we are sure that the "song has ended" -- When our day seems…
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Historian Arnold J. Toynbee at age eighty said: "To be mortal is not any means wholly disadvantageous. When I catch myself resenting not being immortal, I pull myself up short by asking whether…
DEATH AND DYING In his recent book Till Armageddon, Billy Graham tells the story of a widow and her son who lived in a miserable attic. Years before, she had married against her parents' wishes…
BATTLES OF LIFE My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me,…
WHAT YOU TAKE WITH YOU When we die, we leave behind us all we have and take with us all we are. Christian Communications Laboratory
THE YOUNG FARMER The young farmer sat happily on the wagon seat as his spirited team trotted into town. He hitched the team to a rack near a corner of the main business block and…
FIRST IT MUST DIE Have you ever stopped to notice the many parts of a flower? [Remove a flower from the wreath on the casket.] A flower has roots and a stem, leaves and petals.…
DEATH -- I WAS COMFORTED The Joe Baylys lost three sons and Joe recalled, after the death of one, "I was sitting, torn by grief. Someone came and talked to me of God's dealings, of…
DIE BEFORE YOU'RE DEAD A little girl one night was saying the familiar bedtime prayer that goes "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep; If I should…
THE VALUE OF CHRIST'S DEATH When David Livingstone, the great missionary, tried to explain the philosophy of God's plan of salvation to the Africans, they, hearing the story for the first time, asked him, "Teacher,…
THE CROSS The great Dutch artist Rembrandt called one of his paintings, "Erection of the Cross." The man raising the cross was dressed in contemporary Dutch clothing; and those who knew Rembrandt knew it was…
ONE TIME AROUND I expect to pass this way but once; any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let…
WHY AN UNDERTAKER? The inquiring reporter asked the young woman why she wanted to be a mortician. "Because," she said, "I enjoy working with people." San Francisco Chronicle
LIFE AND DEATH The mystery of Life is Death; the mystery of Death is Life . . . In Life -- Death haunts the mortal mind yet when we leave the world behind, with all…
GOODBYE OR SEE YOU LATER? Just for a while I'll miss you and the valley that I tread will be dark and drear Just for a while I'll miss your cheery face and for a…
THE GRIEVING PROCESS A few years ago, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross gained international attention with her research about the grief emotions of the terminally ill. But the list she proposed also describes other grieving processes, including deaths…
RETURN THE JEWELS A rabbi lost both of his sons at once. It was on Sabbath afternoon, when he was in the House of Learning. His wife did not on his return break the news…
THE LAST MILE You say you are my friend, If truly so, then come and walk with me along my last long mile./The road is straight and has no turning, If weary you become, we…
SHOULD I ASK YOU BACK? Should I ask you back? We miss you here, yet faith rejoices That you have joined those heavenly voices. Nature sees the body dead But faith holds the spirit fled.…
