Planning to Die

I watched a little of the funderal for Fred Winters today on the internet. Fred was shot and killed last Sunday while preaching at FBC Maryville.

Funerals have a way of shaking me into reality. They make me want to be a better husband, dad, pastor, and Christ-follower.

Just a few weeks ago, my wife and I went on a date. As we were eating, I pulled out a piece of paper and began to ask her questions about the future. At the end, we talked about our funerals. We talked about songs, passages of Scripture, friends, etc. We talked about how we wanted the glory of Christ to be lifted up.

Jonathan Edwards: “Resolved, to think much on all occasions of my own dying, and of the common circumstances which attend death.”