"ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING!" is a colloquial saying that means The Show Is Over - Go Home.
This was announced at the end of Elvis Presley's concerts to encourage fans to accept that there would be no further encores and to go home. It is now used more widely to indicate that someone has made an exit or that something is complete.
This morning I read a touching article about a couple, Don and Maxine Simpson, who had been married 62 years and died within 4 hours of each other. In their failing health, they had been placed side by side in a hospital to spend their final days with each other. Maxine was the first to pass away and their granddaughter described their closing moments this way, "When her body left the room, his soul left with her." A web link to the article is at the end of the blog.**
When Elvis passed away on August 16, 1977 both his body and soul left the building. His body is now buried at his estate in Graceland, Tennessee and his soul has taken up residence --- somewhere. The same is true of Don and Maxine Simpson --- their bodies either buried or cremated and their souls --- somewhere.
The Bible teaches that all of mankind will die as a result of the effects of sin and that our soul / spirit will take up residence --- somewhere. In effect, we too will "leave the building."
It makes sense to prepare for that departure. And if we have a friend, family member, neighbor, co-worker, classmate that we care about --- we as Christians should lovingly and truthfully help them to prepare for theirs.
On our church website there several tools which will help you and those who you care about to prepare for this "departure." I urge you to take the time to look at these and to share them with others.
For each of us, there will come a time when it is said of us, "_(your name)_ has left the building!"
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