You can't attend most funerals without hearing Paul's words to Timothy being read or preached. You know, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing (2 Timothy 4:7-8)." And, while these verses are comforting and consoling during times of grief, this