Last Words

It may have been Jeff Foxworthy who asked, "What's the final words of a redneck? Hey ya'll, watch this."
I recently came across some of the last words of several people. some of them fairly famous people, others not so well-known. Let me share a few with you.
Writer Oscar Wilde, died November 30, 1900 saying, "Either that wallpaper goes, or I do."
Dominique Bouhours, a French grammarian, died in 1702 and his last words were, "I am about to...or I am going to...die, either expression is correct."
Revolutionary communist Karl Marx gave his final words to his housekeeper who had urged him to say something profound for posterity but disappointed her in 1883 with these words, "Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough."
William Saroyan was a Pulitzer Prize winning writer of plays and novels whose works were known for their optimism. Before his death in 1981, he telephoned his final words to the Associated Press. "Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case. Now what?"
Ever the businessman, P.T. Barnum in 1891 asked "How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?"
The last words of a person tell us a great deal about him. There was another person whose final words reverberate through history over 2000 years after He uttered them from a cross. Jesus of Nazareth uttered seven phrases from Calvary that tell us a lot about Him and how we should live our lives. I encourage you to take time to read them again and understand that His final words were not about Himself, but were for you.