This is a snippet from the book I just finished reading, The Last Jihad, that I thought was pretty cool, and applicable to this week’s poll.

[T]he woman had come to her pastor and told him exactly what she wanted at the funeral and what Bible verses to read and everything. And then, when she was all done, she told him that she wanted to be laid out in an open casket with a fork in her right hand. And he says, ‘A fork? Why a fork?’ And she says, ‘When I was a little girl, I used to love church suppers. And when the meal was done, and people were clearing the dishes, one of the older women in the church would always come over and lean down and whisper to me, save your fork. And I loved that. Because I knew it meant something better was coming–apple pie or chocolate cake or blueberry cobbler, or something. And pastor’, she said, ‘when I die, I want people to come by and see me and then ask you, Why’s she got a fork in her hand? And I want you to tell them my little story, and then tell them the good news- that when you know Christ, you know there’s something better coming.’