Death Doesn't Have to Be Boring: Unique Ways to Bury Your Loved Ones Who Have Passed - msn.com
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Some people view death as the end: your body goes in the ground and decays and that's it. Others view death as an exciting adventure - the next step in our journey. The 19th Century poet Emily Dickenson must have had this in mind when she wrote the following poem:
"Because I could not stop for Death –He kindly stopped for me –The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality. We slowly drove – He knew no haste, And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility –
We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess – in the Ring – We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain – We passed the Setting Sun – Or rather – He passed Us –The Dews drew quivering and Chill – For only Gossamer, my Gown – My Tippet – only Tulle – We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground – The Roof was scarcely visible – The Cornice – in the Ground –
Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet Feels shorter than the Day, I first surmised the Horses' Heads Were toward Eternity" (Source)
But the Bible has a much different view of death: "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men..." - 1 Corinthians 5:10,11 (Audio)
Why don't you stop what you're doing just long enough to listen to the following sermon on this passage of Scripture: Serious Preaching in a Comedy Culture, by Dr. David P. Murray
