tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271879804911490046.post4529933752996048200..comments2023-08-09T23:53:26.561-05:00Comments on Three Things Very Dull Indeed: What would you like on your tombstone?Mr. Riggenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794236758126578018noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271879804911490046.post-63117927027319079402010-09-03T16:23:09.342-05:002010-09-03T16:23:09.342-05:00Ok... scratch out my previous comment... :-)
Cl...Ok... scratch out my previous comment... :-) <br /> <br />Cliche-ishness aside even, my comment committed a logical fallacy, in that whatever people will put on my tombstone is what God would have put on my tombstone. (at least I believe that would be called a logical fallacy) <br /><br />I think I'd prefer allowing someone other than myself to write it though. :-)Emil Bandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11311347482998393702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271879804911490046.post-20686440949057456572010-09-02T21:19:49.861-05:002010-09-02T21:19:49.861-05:00Diane -- I think your minimalist approach is effec...Diane -- I think your minimalist approach is effective, and cheaper too when you're paying a monument company by the letter! I agree that it really won't mean a thing to the person that died, but I have a hard time not wanting to make a good impression -- even after I'm dead!<br /><br />Emil -- You could choose what is on your tombstone and have it cut before you die. Write your own epitaph that way.<br /><br />Jeremy -- Good verse. You do seem like the sort that would try to cause someone to think, even after death. Although I wouldn't put it past you to instead order something like, "Don't look now, but I think someone's behind you!"<br /><br />Victoria -- thanks for being the inspiration behind this post!Mr. Riggenbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794236758126578018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271879804911490046.post-12354284633570548912010-09-02T20:27:04.581-05:002010-09-02T20:27:04.581-05:00I wish I had seen that tombstone when we were ther...I wish I had seen that tombstone when we were there. What wonderful tributes to the judge and his wife. I suppose it must have been written by their children, and that would make those sentiments all the more impressive.<br /> Thanks for sharing this. I'll have to look a little harder at those tombstones the next time we're there.<br /><br />VictoriaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271879804911490046.post-1016508722635605352010-09-02T07:41:39.079-05:002010-09-02T07:41:39.079-05:00I don't know that I want a tombstone. However...I don't know that I want a tombstone. However, if I had one, I'd probably want it to say something such as:<br /><br />"Rejoicing with Jesus:<br /><br />For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."<br /><br />I hope that the people I knew closely will remember me fondly when I die, and I'd prefer that my reputation with strangers would be far better than what it has been. Yet, more importantly, I want my death to point people, especially my unsaved family members, to Jesus.<br /><br />I'm not opposed to Christians having tombstones, but in my case, I'd like my family to remember that I am alive in Jesus instead of coming to mourn a plot of grass. And, if I have a stone, John 3:16 is the perfect verse. It's something that most heathens in our culture already recognize, but it's profound enough, especially within a place of mourning, to still spur people to stop and consider their own spiritual estate.Jeremy Beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03846504465586562069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271879804911490046.post-740953170403012102010-09-01T20:44:04.474-05:002010-09-01T20:44:04.474-05:00Ok, wow, that's amazing....
Sure does make me...Ok, wow, that's amazing....<br /><br />Sure does make me wonder what they'll put on mine... but then, I guess in the whole order of things, it matters more what God would put on it than what those who come after me would put on it....Emil Bandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11311347482998393702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271879804911490046.post-76243469505135265162010-09-01T18:01:32.809-05:002010-09-01T18:01:32.809-05:00Those are indeed beautiful epitaphs. I would be so...Those are indeed beautiful epitaphs. I would be so honored to have even a fractions of the things said about Mrs. Tucker said about me. What a wonderful and inspiring couple they must have been.<br /><br />As for my epitaph.. I think I'd like something simple like <i>She loved her God and she loved her children.</i> Not poetic, but it expresses my priorities♥ Of course, by the time my epitaph is written, I'll be in a place far, far away with much more thrilling things to do than worry about what was carved on my headstone;-)Diane Shifferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449110271720365988noreply@blogger.com