What Are You Living For?

Here are some crazy epitaphs on tombstones around the country:

Colorado
Bill Blake
Was hanged by mistake.

Silver City, Nevada
Here lies a man named Zeke.
Second fastest draw in Cripple Creek.

In a New Jersey cemetery
Beneath this stone, a lump of clay,
Lies stingy Jimmy Wyatt.
Who died one morning just at ten
And saved a dinner by it.

It's interesting to think what the living legacies of these folks were by what was on their tombstones. What do you think they lived for? Looks like Jimmy Wyatt was just cheap.

One of my favorite statements about living comes from Saint Paul to the Philippians. In chapter 1 verse 21, Paul say, "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain." Paul lived for Christ and got more of Jesus after he died. I like to encourage people to think about what they are living for and to consider if they will gain more of it or lose it all after they die.

Try it by filling in the blank and circling "gain" or "lose."

"For me to live is ________________ and to die is gain/lose."

What did you discover?