Final Test

Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples." He said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test." (Luke 11:1-4).

My stone might read: "Did I pass the test?" Those who view my stone will know whether I did.  Did I love?  Did I forgive?  When it's over, it will be too late to fix what I may have broken.  We all face the final test even though we pray we won't.  Such is life, and death.

Deacon David Pierce