Lonely Hearse
Three cars.
It was the smallest funeral procession I’ve ever seen.
Who dies and only has a half a dozen people show up at their memorial service? What’s their story? Who were they? How did they die? Who knew him or her? Who loved him or her? Why didn’t anybody show up? Were they lonely? Were they happy?
Funerals always cause me to reflect on my own existence.
How many people would show up to my funeral if I were to die soon? How am I living my life? Am I living it in such a way that I’m helping others…or am I living a selfish existence?
I don’t think the ultimate goal is to see who has the most people show up at their funeral. Whether 6 people show up at my funeral or 6,000…God loves me and values me the same as the rest of his children. However, I want my life to reflect God and I want people to say that I did my best to be obedient to Him and that I genuinely loved people and helped them.
At Church Planting Boot Camp I was asked, “What do you want written on your headstone?” So I pose that question here. Interaction time!
What do you want written on your headstone?
(Comments please!)
