Proper Prior Planning!!!!

I suspect that everyone has heard of the six Ps. Thus the title of this post. The next three words are quite easy to discern.

This is June, the traditional month for "Perfect Weddings." The perfect:

• Site for the Wedding
• Reception Hall
• Wedding Dress
• Photographer
• Reception Menu
• Perfect Weather

And the list goes on.

We often read or even hear of engagements in excess of twelve months so all the "perfect" requirements can be achieved. I even recall an engagement announcement where the potential Bride was to marry a "Mr. Perfect." Admittedly, a wedding should be a nice event and even considered a major milestone in the lives of the Bride and the Groom.

After all this is a life long commitment.

With this background in mind, it would also appear appropriate to plan for the next major milestone in an individuals life. When we marry, we pledge to remain "Till Death."

Yet how many plan for the future? I am not advocating the pre-planning and pre-payment of a funeral. What I hope to encourage the people who read this post to do is plan for the long-term future. As a gift to my family I have planned my own funeral and method of burial. I feel that may help take some of the pressure off of what may be a stressful situation. No one will have to ask, "What Would He Have Wanted?"

I enjoyed my wedding day and the honeymoon. But it was not perfect. We hitchhiked home from our Honeymoon because our car was totally destroyed in an accident in North Georgia.

My life since then has not been perfect, but generally speaking, I have enjoyed it. I am confident that my final days of life here on earth will not be perfect.

What I am striving for is a perfect "Life Here After!!"

In Conclusion, planning for the situations and major milestones of our Earthly Life is appropriate. That stated "Planning for the Long-Term Future is Even More Vital."

I quote from Book IV, Psalm 90, A prayer of Moses the man of God, verse 4:

"For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night."

The above quote causes me to believe that whatever is in store for me after my time on this earth will last a long time. In fact, if you take the time to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest Psalm 90 you will most likely agree!!!!

Thank You!