What song will be played at your funeral? It’s that at least once a month we see a funeral in our little city of Singchen. That combined with the way the taxi cabs and mopeds drive over here has me thinking about the end of my own life. Our team is approaching the end of our service time in Taiwan. Our schools are in the process of writing books about us, and we have been ask to record some of our experiences for King Car publications. I keep asking myself this question. If their was one song which would summarize my time here in Taiwan what would it be? Some of you may know the song from which the following lyrics are taken
And now the end is near
So I face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full
I've traveled each and every highway…
And now comes the part of the song grips, challenges and covicts me
And more, much more than this
I did it my way.
The last verse of the songs states
For what is a man, what has he got
If not himself, then he has not
To say the words he truly feels
And not the words he would reveal
The record shows I took the blows
And did it my way
Sadly I look back many times of time in Taiwan where I did take the blows and did it my way. But Praise be to God that there is another law at work in my members. This is illustrated by the song Grace Alone
Every soul we long to reach
Every heart we hope to teach
Every blessings left behind is only by his Grace
Grace alone which God supplies
Strength unknown he will provide Christ in us
Our Corner stone I will go forth in grace alone
Two songs, two philosophies. So today ask yourself which one will be played at your funeral?
Benjamin Jacob
