Mist & Smoke

Living With the End in Mind

My death date will tell more than my birth date.

There was quivering joy and delight when I saw my children as newborn. Yet they had no story or legacy. Their life was unwritten and untold. They only had a name.

But at a funeral there is a chance to see far more than just a name.

Good or bad, we see legacy.

It’s there we learn about the families, the faces, and the stories that are all now attached to that name whispered in love at birth. It’s there amidst misty eyes and shaken hearts that we understand clearly the most important things in a life.

“He was incredible with his business.”

“She was top of her game in her career.”

“We always knew they loved their work.”

Too often, it’s mist and smoke.

The truly blessed…they have more than just a full bank account or career accolades.

They have chosen a different path, one that knows death isn’t just a theory, it’s reality for all of us. And they live accordingly.

“Life, lovely while it lasts, is soon over. Life as we know it, precious and beautiful, ends. The body is put back in the same ground it came from. The spirit returns to God, who first breathed it.” (Ecclesiastes 12:6-7 MSG)

We are all planning our funeral today.

What will be said of you?