THE BEST IS YET TO COME.. TERRIFIC OUTLOOK!

The Best Is Yet To Come

Jesus, thank You for sacrificing Yourself so that we may be forgiven our sins and made worthy to spend eternity with You in paradise.  We thank You for the serenity this brings us.  Knowing we’ll soon spend eternity at your knee is the greatest blessing we could ever receive.  Our lives are so short and the best is yet to come.

A woman was diagnosed with a terminal illness and given three months to live. She asked her Pastor to come to her home to discuss her final wishes. She told him which songs she wanted sung at her funeral, and what scriptures she wanted read, and which outfit she wanted to be buried in.

Then she said, “One more thing… I want to be buried with a fork in my hand.”

The pastor was surprised.

The woman explained, “In all my years of attending church socials and potluck dinners, I always remember that when the dishes of the main course were being cleared, someone would inevitably say to everyone, ‘Keep your fork.’ It was my favorite time of the dinner, because I knew something better was coming, like velvety chocolate cake or deep dish apple pie – something wonderful. So, I want people to see me there in that casket with a fork in my hand and wonder, ‘ What’s with the fork?’ Then, I want you to tell them, ‘ Keep your fork, because the best is yet to come.’ “

The pastor’s eyes welled up with tears of joy as he bid the woman goodbye. He realized she had a better grasp of heaven than he did, and knew something better was coming.

At the funeral, when people asked him why she was holding a fork, the pastor told them of the conversation he had with the woman before she died. He said he could not stop thinking about the fork, and knew they probably would not be able to stop thinking about it either. He was right.

“Keep your fork. The best is yet to come.”

- Attributed to Roger William Thomas

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 speaking of forks, the kids came up this evening.. to our surprise Abigail said she would LOVE some KFC gravy.... she didn't mention the chicken at all.. she mainly wanted the GRAVY.. GUESS THAT WAS HER BEST FOR TONIGHT! THEN SHE WANTED A "BIG COOKIE" FOR DESSERT.. THEY HAVE (EVER SINCE THEY WERE LITTLE LOVED FUDGE ROUND CAKES BY "LITTLE DEBBIES".. SO WE STOPPED AND GOT A BOX.. THEY LIKE THE BIG ONES! LOL   

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 THEN THE TWO OF US WORKED ON NECKLACE/ EARRING/ BRACELETS SETS FOR AWHILE..  DIDN'T TAKE LONG UNTIL WE WERE BOTH WORE OUT! SHE'S ALREADY ASLEEP, AND I HOPEFULLY AM NOT FAR FROM IT.. NATHAN AND HOMERJOE ARE IN BED, AND NORMAN IS SITTING HERE SNORING ON THE LOVE SOFA.. TIME FOR BED FOR ME TOO!  

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 WISHING YOU AND YOURS A WONDERFUL, SAFE, LOVE AND FUN FILLED WEEKEND! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT SEPTEMBER IS ALMOST OVER? GEEZ