6 Famous Last Words
How would you sum-up this year now past?
An ending invites an assessment, a steady gaze over the shoulder.
As 2024 nears its end, it seems pertinent to consider some notables whose years are now spent:
Queen Elizabeth 1 ~ All my possessions for a moment of time.
Oscar Wilde ~ This wallpaper is appalling, one of us will have to go.
George Harrison ~ All in life can wait, but the search for God cannot.
Bob Marley ~ Money can't buy life.
Rene Rivkin ~ He who dies with the most wins.
John Knox ~ Live in Christ, die in Christ and the flesh need not fear death.
The Four Gospels record in a total of seven sayings of Jesus on the Cross, His final words at death. Could the most torturous words He spoke be - forgive them Father for they know not what they do? (Luke 23:24)
The Last Word:
Are our final words the best window into the heart?