Though being overly consumed with our death is a bad thing, there are many advantages to reminding ourselves that this life will come to an end. For instance, how do you want to be remembered? I often wonder what people will people say of me at my funeral. What will they say of you at your funeral? Will our lives really have counted for Jesus Christ?

I think one of the greatest tests of a person’s Christianity is what others say about an individual at their funeral. Between the funerals I’ve attended and the one’s I’ve officiated, I’ve witnessed hundreds of them. While some pastors suddenly become Universalists and always guarantee to the grieved audience that their loved one is in heaven, a pastor’s opinion oftentimes carries little weight. Most people act “Christian” while in church and in the presence of their pastor. The reality of our faith is best seen outside of the church, in the home and amongst our closest friends. The rubber hits the road when these individuals choose to take the microphone at the funeral. It’s then that we really learn how much a person truly gave Jesus Christ first place in everything...