"Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other."
- Unknown
the lugubrious blog: December 2035
the lugubrious blog
Monday, December 31, 2035
Last Dance - Last Call - Last Everything
Ecclesiastes 7:2 ~ It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart. +++
The last call here is of a photo shoot order - Norma Jean's last photo shoot. She was 36 years old and looked to finally have found herself; she had found stability and inner peace, at long last. Weeks later, she was found dead.
They say that we are all born equal - and there are some who will say that is not the case. None will ever refute this though: we are all equal before the Grim Reaper. - L.P. 2008
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening. ~~ Walter Scott
It truly is pointless to go out of your way looking for it...
Click above to act now - and end one of its agents: breast cancer - the unseen killer -
The fight against breast cancer has had many champions and many detractorsas well. 40,000 women die of breast cancer each and every year - so every action we can take in order to fight it is invaluable. As devastating as breast cancer is, though, smoking is 11 times worse, as it kills nearly 440,000 Americans A YEAR according to some figures. Some sources claim that there are two vaccines being developed right now - vaccines that could block nicotine from ever reaching the brain. That could cull the numbers of the addicted, but smoking attacks other body parts - not the brain. Everything happens in the brain though - so I hope we will all make the right choices, here and now: click here to stop breast cancer and NEVER smoke again! For it would be folly not to choose the right courses of action, when faced with such astronomical numbers of demises, each year... Death comes soon enough for our mortal shells; there is no need to run after it!
See - we can help, actually make a difference. Aye, even at our desks... Even here...! We may croak right where we sit too, of course...
DO NOT FEAR DEATH, THOUGH It may come for each one of us - but we shall never fear it!
For there is One who has vanquished Death for us
Simply have trust about that - have trust in The Word +++
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King James Bible
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. 8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? 30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. 33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for asmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Born in the Age of Aquarius, destined to seek out truths in many an art form, trained as a historian and a journalist but truly a prose-lover... Luciano is out to dispel any clichés and reinvent them all both to the tune of a little something called the truth as also to his own image - and being old-fashioned, he does not mind that distinction one infinitesimal tiny bit at all...! "There are two ways to spread the light; be the candle... or the mirror that reflects It." I have chosen to be the latter... okay? ~*~
"To be not only a seeker of light... but a dream weaver of light" ~*~ For as surely as the moon reflects the light from the sun, you and I can reflect the Light from Above - and be, indeed, the light of this world! ~*~*~*~ NOTE: THERE ARE COOKIES ~ from at least three parties~ ON ALL OF MY BLOGS! ~*~ accept it!
Death Is Not To Be Feared.
The Believer Knows It To Be But A Transition...
A Passage...
Crossing Over To Another Reality...
The Only True Reality.
~~~~ Luminous Luciano
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe in thine heart
that God hath raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved.
- Romans 10:9
The dead are more alive than we, the living, can ever hope to be.
~ Luminous Luciano
(lest it really is... Lugubrious Luciano?)
"Si tu veux pouvoir supporter la vie, sois prêt à accepter la mort!" - Anonyme
One more death from the world of publicity...
Forget about finding that perfect purse that matches your shoes, ladies; or that perfect bow tie that will go with the tuxedo, boys ~ think about finding your fate - and faith - instead!
Until *The Day* Comes... Souls Will Depart...
While We Remain ~ In This Mad World
This Doomed World
As long as we remain on this earth, though, we must keep communicating...
...and communing with one another - until the day we do so ~ on The Other Side
Ecclesiastes 7:2 ~ It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart.
Is death the last sleep? 
