A couple of months ago, I listened to the audio book, Capital Gaines, written by Chip Gaines, who is featured in the HGTV show, Fixer Upper, along with his wife, Joanna Gaines. Ann and I visited their Magnolia Farms business when we were in Texas in late 2018. Near the end of the book, Chip shares two versions of what his obituary notice might be. This got me to thinking about what my obituary might say. While I have known some people through the years who have written their own obituary, I am not among them.
It is certain that not all of us will be the host of a television show or write a book like Chip Gaines. However, all of us write our own obituary by the way we live and we way that we treat others each and every day.
I remember reading the book Sources of Strength by former President Jimmy Carter several years ago. As perhaps you know, President Carter teaches Sunday School regularly as his church in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. President Carter tells the story about going to the funeral years ago for Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr., father of the slain civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner. As one pastor spoke, President Carter remembers that the pastor spoke about the power of the hyphen. He noted that on most tombstones there is noted the date that the person was born and the date that the person died. The pastor continued saying between the date of birth and the date of death is a hyphen and that the choices each of us make every day determines what can be said about the time between our birth and death. What choices will we make today and this week about what could be written in our obituary? Have a joy-filled week!.- Pastor Randy Wall
Prayer: Almighty God, help me live this day and in this life in a way that is pleasing your sight and brings glory and honor to your name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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