Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Maylan Schurch
Friday, October 17, 2025
A few blocks away from our home, yet another neighbor has decided to festoon his lawn with Halloween horrors. What you’re looking at is only a small portion of the pseudo-graveyard he has assembled. Shelley and I were walking past as he was adding still more “stones” to an already-impressive supply.
“I’m scared,” I assured him with mock solemnity, and he chuckled appreciatively.
Usually I spare a mere grin or two for such Halloween funerary items, but this time I noticed a kind of gravestone title I hadn’t before. Usually “RIP” (Rest in Peace) is the major theme, but three of the above stones say something else. “For Rent,” says the gray one. “Gone 4 Now” says the black one. The green one is hopeful in a gruesome way: “See You Soon,” which seems to be a hint that the viewer will shortly be haunted by the departed.
Actually, all three messages are somewhat true. Even the “Rest in Peace” stones (not pictured) speak solid Bible fact: Jesus called death a “sleep.” “For Rent” signals that a grave won’t be eternally occupied. “Gone 4 Now” and “See You Soon” are truer than most think.
That’s because the Bible lays to rest every disturbing myth about graveyards. Click the link below to see the good news about death.
https://www.bibleinfo.com/en/topics/death