WAR AGAINST BEFITTING BURIAL
Let’s Wage War against “befitting burial”, to encourage BEFITTING LIVING.
LETTER FROM LATE MOTHER TO HER SON – THREE DAYS AFTER HER BURIAL:
Dear Son,
I want to know why I died like a poor woman when I have a Son like you.
My Son, I wanted to bless you before I die, but now I have gone with my blessings.
My breakfast, my lunch and my dinner were one of my challenges when I was alive, but you spent money to cook all types of foods, meats and different types of drinks on my burial day.
My Son, you chose to spread and rub my dead body with a costly fragrance when I was using groundnut oil as my favourite cream.
You dressed my Corpse with an expensive cloth when it was difficult to buy a wrapper for me.
When my Corpse was in the Mortuary, you came to check on me from time to time. You cared about my corpse when I was alive. Why?
The most painful thing is the kind of expensive coffin you put my Corpse in when I was living in an uncompleted house.
When you were young, I starved for you to eat and be satisfied. I wore one cloth to provide enough clothes for you. I thought you would take care of me when I grow old.
You completed the house, painted it and cleared the compound in one week just to celebrate my Corpse.
Now you wrote a tribute to me saying, “Mama, I love you so much, rest in peace” – When I died with a broken heart.
Finally, my son, I wrote this to remind you that there is no other person who loves a child like a Father/mother.
May God forgive you
Let’s Wage War against “befitting burial”, to encourage BEFITTING LIVING.
Take absolute care of your parents while they are still alive.
MAY GOD HELP US.
WAR AGAINST BEFITTING BURIAL
