Bassinets and Caskets

We’re joyful of the bassinet, And fearful of the casket. One, a place where life is new, The other where the body’s through. Bassinets, though temporary Start a life’s eternal tarry. Bassinets reveal new birth, And caskets case a family’s mirth. In bassinets, lie new creations, While caskets are a demarcation: A point in time when death imparts Eternity as flesh departs. In silence, contemplate the casket Then voice the question if you’ll ask it: We all have had our bassinets, But who is ready for the casket? Our time on earth is fleeting, feign; For after death, forever reigns. Bassinets begin life’s option: To follow God and His adoption. Set not your heart on passing pleasures, But seek the Lord’s eternal treasures. So when a casket lays you down, You’ll rise again, forever crowned. Psalm 49:15 “But God will redeem my life from the grave; he will surely take me to himself. Selah NIV