Posted by: drsteverumley | April 29, 2010

Hope And A Fork

What does a mind focused on hope look like? I recently read about a lady who had been diagnosed with cancer and was given three months to live. Her doctor told her to make her arrangements. She contacted her pastor and met with him to arrange her funeral service. She told him which songs that she wanted sung, what Scriptures to be read, what words to be spoken, and she wanted to be buried with her favorite Bible.
But before he left, she called out to him, “One more thing.”

“What?”

“This is important. I want to be buried with a fork in my right hand. She explained, “In all my years going to church functions, whenever food was involved, my favorite part was when whoever was cleaning dishes of the main course would lean over and say, You can keep your fork.
It was my favorite part because I knew that it meant something great was coming. It wasn’t Jell-O. It was something with substance, cake or pie-biblical food.
So I just want people to see me there in my 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, “Something better is coming. Keep your fork.”

Lesson? Every time you sit down to a meal, take a look at the utensil on the side of your plate, and give thanks for the food, and lastly give thanks for your hope as well. Remember, something better is coming.
Jesus says that to all who labor and are heavy laden, to all who get discouraged or fall into temptation, to people like you and me who are tempted to despair or lose hope,  Don’t look down. Keep your fork.


Responses

  1. What a wonderful read! I’ll have a smile on my face and in my heart for days after reading that. In fact, I’ll probably smile every time I see a fork! Thank you so much!

  2. Being Italian, it’s all about the food, so I can really relate to this one, Pastor! Yeah…. life sometimes is full of ‘brussels sprouts’ but at the end we get the cannoli! What a beautiful metaphor! God is good! Love you :)


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