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Keep Your Fork!
There was a woman who had been diagnosed
with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live.
So as she was getting her things "in order", she contacted
her pastor and had him come to her house to discuss certain aspects of
her final wishes.
She told him which songs she wanted sung at the service,
what scriptures she would like read, and what outfit she wanted to be buried
in.
The woman also requested to be buried with her favorite
Bible. Everything was in order and the pastor was preparing to leave when
the woman suddenly remembered something very important to her.
"There's one more thing," she said excitedly.
"What's that?"came the pastor's reply.
"This is very important," the woman continued. "I want
to be buried with a fork in my right hand."
The pastor stood looking at the woman, not knowing quite
what to say.
"That surprises you, doesn't it?" the woman asked.
"Well, to be honest, I'm puzzled by the request," said
the pastor.
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 lean over
and say, 'Keep your fork.' It was my favorite part because I knew that
something better was coming...like velvety chocolate cake or deep-dish
apple pie. Something wonderful, and with substance!"
"So, I just want people to see me there in the casket
with a fork in my hand and I want them to wonder, "What's with the fork?"
Then, I want you to tell them:
"Keep your fork....The best is yet to come". The pastor's eyes welled up with tears of joy as he hugged the woman good-bye. He knew this would be one of the last times he would see her before her death. But he also knew that the woman had a better grasp of heaven than he did. She KNEW that something better was coming. At the funeral people were walking by the woman's casket and they saw the pretty dress she was wearing and her favorite Bible and the fork placed in her right hand. Over and over, the pastor heard the question,
And over and over he smiled. During his message, the pastor told the people of the conversation he had with the woman shortly before she died. He also told them about the fork and about what it symbolized to her. The pastor told the people how he could not stop thinking about the fork and told them that they probably would not be able to stop thinking about it either. He was right. So the next time you reach down for your fork, let it remind you oh so gently, that the best is yet to come. Author unknown
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