Jamey Johnson sings the following words which appear later in bold font. I desire that my loved ones embrace what he expressed when I graduate to heaven. By personal choice, I don’t want anyone staring down at the shell I leave behind. It’s bad enough, they have to look at it now. Like I said, that is my personal choice and you, certainly, are entitled to yours.
All my burdens are behind me
I have prayed, my final prayer
Don’t you cry, over my body
‘Cause that ain’t me, lyin’ there, naw
I appreciate His promise of a new covering and a permanent home.
For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
Just saying, how do you look at death? Are you giving it some consideration?
Gary