A Living Burial

Who would have thought? You can now go GREEN in the afterlife! Have your burial under a newly planted tree. A Tree Burial! Instead of rows of tombstones there will be a meadow with trees and flowers or a forest! The tree is you – living on – as it was your body that provided the nutrients it needed to grow tall and strong. Dust to dust; ashes to ashes as instructed in Genesis 3:19

1. eco-friendly

2. less expensive

3. natural alternative

4. bans toxic emblaming fluids

5. eliminates cemetery space and upkeep (saves water and eliminates fertilizers/chemicals)

6. no need for vaults/caskets/markers (saves expense, more environmentally friendly)

7. less intrusive for families (a more peaceful setting)

8. you live on to help the environment for your loved ones

It is estimated that the more than 22,500 cemeteries across the Unites States bury 827,060 gallons of embalming fluid every year. Embalming fluids can include chemicals and additives like formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, phenol, methanol, antibiotics, dyes, anti-edemic chemicals, and disinfectant chemicals. These substances eventually find their way into the soil where they can contaminate the local water supplies. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) considers Formaldehyde as a Class 1 Carcinogen. Does it make sense to risk the health of the living to preserve - for just a little while - the bodies of the deceased?

Frankly I like the idea of not being filled with and residing with all of these toxins in my afterlife and leaving all behind for my children and grandchildren to deal with. It really makes sense. It saves the environment and makes room for the masses of living on earth...

Fruit Of The Tree

"The fruit of the tree shall be your meat, the leaf thereof, your medicine." ...Ezekial 47:12 and again in Ecclesiastes.

And God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat." - Genesis 1:29

Fitness By Marilyn
Independent AIM Member - Marilyn Wilson Price

Footprints....A New Version

Imagine you and the Lord Jesus are walking down the road together.

For much of the way, the Lord's footprints go along steadily, consistently, rarely varying the
pace.

But your footprints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures, and returns.

For much of the way, it seems to go like this, but gradually your footprints come more in line
with the Lord's, soon paralleling His consistently.

You and Jesus are walking as true friends!

This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens:
Your footprints that once etched the sand next to Jesus' are now walking precisely in His steps.

Inside His larger footprints are your smaller ones, you and Jesus are becoming one.

This goes on for many miles, but gradually
you notice another change.

The footprints inside the large footprints seem to grow larger. Eventually they disappear altogether.

There is only one set of footprints, they have become one. This goes on for a long time, but suddenly the second set of footprints is back.

This time it seems even worse! Zigzags all over the place. Stops. Starts. Gashes in the sand. A variable mess of prints. You are amazed and shocked. Your dream ends. Now you pray:

Lord, I understand the first scene, with zigzags and fits. I was a new Christian; I was just learning. But You walked on through the storm and helped me learn to walk with You.

"That is correct."

And when the smaller footprints were inside of Yours, I was actually learning to walk in Your steps, following You very closely.

"Very good. You have understood everything so far."

When the smaller footprints grew and filled in Yours, I supposed that I was becoming like You in every way.

"Precisely."

So, Lord, was there a regression or something?
The footprints separated, and this time it was worse than at first.

There is a pause as the Lord answers, with a smile in His voice. "You didn't know? It was then that we danced!"

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven:
A time to weep, a time to laugh,
A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
Ecclesiastics 3:1,4.

It's not WHAT you have in your life,
but WHOM you have in your life
that counts....
Think about that!

I ASKED GOD

I asked for a flower,
He gave me a garden.
I asked for a tree, He gave me a forest.
I asked for a river, He gave me an ocean.
I asked for a friend, He gave me "YOU."

May God Bless You and Guide Your Footprints!!


Fitness By Marilyn
Independent AIM Member - Marilyn Wilson Price