| Epitaphs |
| “But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?” (Job 14:10). |
| On the grounds of Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, in northeastern England, there is a graveyard with a tombstone bearing the following inscription: |
| Go home my friends, dry up your tears; |
| I must lie here till Christ appears. |
| We call these inscriptions, “epitaphs,” and I am wondering what could be written on your gravestone if you were to die. Could those who took care of your burial and the placing of a tombstone on your grave put something that indicated that you were with the Lord Jesus in Heaven? |
| I recall another epitaph of someone I knew very well and whose funeral I had the privilege of preaching. It simply says: |
| “I’m Home!” |
| Death and eternity are real! Are you ready? Could loved ones put on your headstone: |
| “Absent from the body … |
| Present with the Lord” |
| (2 Corinthians 5:8)? |
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