“He served His own generation by the will of God.”- Epitaph of David by Paul.
We don’t see written epitaphs as much anymore.
I am ready to meet my Maker.
Whether my Maker is prepared for the great
ordeal of meeting me is another matter. –Winston Churchill
Reading Churchill’s tombstone words
reminds us of what a confrontational character he had, for the good of the
world at the time of the threatening trials of the Nazi Empire and WWII.
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson,
author of the Declaration of American
Independence,
of the statute of Virginia for religious
freedom,
and father of the University of Virginia.
Thomas Jefferson was a dynamic and controversial man. Many
characterize him as unchristian. Yet he was the author of statues for religious
freedom in our country. He wanted people to pursue their religion without any
governmental interference.
I like Benjamin Franklin’s tombstone that tells a tale of
his journalistic prowess and sense of humor.
The Body of B. Franklin, Printer; like the Cover
of an old Book, Its Contents torn out, And stript of its Lettering and Gilding,
Lies here, Food for Worms.
But the Work shall not be wholly lost; For it
will, as he believ’d, appear once more, In a new & more perfect Edition,
Corrected and amended By the Author.
William Keats, the poet, tells us of
enemies and how our lives are but a vapor as the Bible tells us in James.
This Grave contains all that was Mortal of a
Young English Poet
Who on his Death Bed in the Bitterness of his
Heart at the Malicious Power of his Enemies
Desired these words to be engraved on his Tomb
Stone
“Here lies One Whose Name was writ in Water.”
“I do not fear death. I
had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not
suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”- Mark
Twain
Yes, we are eternal, meaning we were conceived in God’s mind
before the beginning of time and we will life beyond time if we trust in Jesus
Christ as Savior and Lord.
A tomb now suffices
him for whom the world was not enough. ~ Alexander the Great
This is quite a thought of histories great
conqueror.
So we beat on, boats
against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. ~ F. Scott
Fitzgerald (same as the last line of The Great Gatsby.) How about this sad thought from
a non-Christian author?
Free at last. Free
at last. Thank God Almighty I’m Free At Last. ~ Martin Luther King,
Jr. The times seem
to tell us that racism continues to plague our society.
I told you so, you
damned fools. ~ H. G. Wells
Pretty straight comment on life and
death as a renown author presented it.
"John Newton, Clerk,
once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was, by the rich
mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and
appointed to preach the faith he had long labored to destroy."
I don’t know what
posterity will say about me. I just want someone to say, “Saved by grace, he
loved the Lord.”
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