I Wanna Lay in That Casket Too.

Have you ever been to a 'viewing' of the dead, or probably to a real funeral/ burial before? Well, I can say that I have, and I that could still remember the sight of the cold, pale-colored faces and bodies that wore such assumingly costly suits and dresses lying underneath the casket's glass. And besides from observing the finely-made caskets with their unusual mixture of bright and dark colors, the flowers and their weird dead smell, the extremely long candles and the like, observing how the dead lay on his casket was probably the most awesome thing to do in a viewing. It always seems that the dead were always at peace with themselves, no matter how painful, or how 'morbid' their death has been. It always seemed that they were really 'detached' from the world, together from it's unending sorrow and darkness... as if they were in the state of being one-hundred percent free from life's sadness and troubles. It seemed that they were happy, lying in their caskets as if they were teen-age bums who did nothing but to lie down on their beds during stress-free weekends. It was as if they really really really had nothing to do--no homework, no exams to prepare for, no horrible errands to run, no jobs, no chores, no simple and even complex, life problems to solve or to run away from. They too, obviously, had no headaches, because starting then, no one tells them what to do.


Oh, how I wished I were like them. How peaceful they look. (O__O)


But here's the problem. They're cold. They're dead.


Sometimes I wished being in that rectangular, wooden box, lying as if I had nothing to do with the world. Yes, I wanna try lying down on that casket too, well, at least just for a little while. If only death weren't permanent, I'd replace my bed with a light brown, 5ft 8" coffin, and "die" whenever problems in life tell me to do so. (Hey I think replacing my bed with a coffin would save some room space. haha) Well, all I wanted was to rest--a rest from everything.  Sige na, kahit limang minuto lang.




After countless minutes of staring at my laptop screen, thinking on how to start my next paragraph, on how I should get buried, I figured out something else, something way cooler than having to lie and play dead on caskets. Something that, just by the mere thought of it, assurance of rest shall be granted, easier than getting it from the genie in the bottle.


Let me give you a few verses to ponder upon:


"Then Jesus said, 'Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.'"
(Matthew 11:28) NLT


"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
(John 16:33)


"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."
(John 14:27)


"Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you."

(Psalms 116:7) 

"The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again."
(Proverbs 24:16)

"I can do everything through Him [Christ] Who gives me strength."

(Philippians 4:13) 

Now I think that I wouldn't want to lie in the casket anymore, now I need not envy the dead. Oo na, let them be. haha

It's because I already got my Rest, my Refuge and my Source of peace. 

Need I elaborate more? 

Thank You, Lord, for in You, I have rest.