THE END

Years ago I left the confusion of California and moved

back into the hills for a more sensible life style.  Yes,

into true "red neck" country.  I have been grateful ever

since.

My daughters live in several different states.  Yes, they

have fled from California too.  But they come to visit 

their old "dad" once in a while.  Now one of these 

daughters is a writer and when she comes to visit dad

she often wants me to take her to some of these old 

cemeteries back in the hills.  It has something to do 

with her writing.

That of course is the reason for the photo above.   It

is a cemetery in a small community that is not even

incorporated.  And, my daughter wanted to look around

in the "old" part of the cemetery.  This part of the cemetery

is from back in the 1800 hundreds.

One of the things I noticed was that some of the head

stones were simply a rock.  Some of those people were

so poor they could not even afford a real head stone 

for their burial.  So that rock you see in the foreground

is the headstone or tombstone or whatever you want. 

 But, only a rock without a name or date, just a dead

 body in under it.

But notice the tombstone about ten feet behind it.

Wow!  It probably cost a ton of money.

My point is, whether you live in a mansion or are

homeless, we all are going to end up dead.

God himself through the Apostle Paul said:

"For we have brought nothing into the 

world, so we cannot take anything out of

it either."  

(1 Timothy 6:7 NASB)

But even beyond that God tells us;

"And inasmuch as it is appointed for men

to die once and after this comes judgment,"

(Hebrews 9:27 NASB)

Our concern in life should not be how much money

we can make, or how much fun we can have - But

are we ready for that moment we come to the end

of this life and will have to stand before God, whether

we like it or not.