EPITAPHS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE Monuments are for the living and they fail in their purpose if they do not inspire reverence, faith and hope. An inspiring epitaph, carved in stone, will carry its message down through the ages; and fulfills the true mission of a memorial. The all too prevalent practice of omitting epitaphs and using only names and dates robs that monument of much of its individuality and leaves it barren of that sentiment it is intended to express and perpetuate. An EPITAPH can be: 1. an expression of tribute to the departed. 2. a personal open message to the departed. 3. a message back from the grave. 4. a message of comfort, faith or hope. Below are a few of my personal favorites... you'll have to stop in to see the entire selection. I've been collecting them for years.
Great love lives on Life is a voyage that's homeward bound God is our refuge and strength Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal Life is ever Lord of Death and Love can never lose its own. Death is the Golden Key that opens the Palace of Eternity. Go home my friend and shed no tears, for I will arise when Christ appears. Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. A Mother is a Mother still, the Holiest thing alive. I know that my redeemer liveth. An Angel visited the green earth, and took a flower away. Till we shall meet and never part	Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God. While we have time, let us do good Father, to God himself we cannot give a Holier name. He that hath no cross will have no crown. A rose with all its sweetest petals yet folded. A well spent life is measured by deeds, not years. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. The peace of God, which passeth all understanding. The heart of him who truly loves is a paradise on earth: he has God in himself, for God is love. God is and all is well Into thy hands I commend my spirit
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