Encouragement

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If I died today, I would not miss my beautiful awesome son Chandler William Slone.

I would not miss my incredibly amazing wife Emily Elizabeth Archer Slone.

I would not miss my Brother Travis Ray Slone.

I would not miss my brother Trenton Ray Slone.

I would not miss Grandma and Grandpa Slone.

I would not miss my mother Barbara Anne Slone.

I would not miss my father William Ray Slone.

I would not miss my best friend Aaron Stevens and his lovely wife Kerry.

I would not miss one of my very best friends Falkner Heard IV.

I would not miss my good friend Eric Schroeder.

I would not miss my good friend Brent Matthews.

I would not miss my good friend Daniel Hutchinson.

I would not miss my good friend Ted Godard.

I would not miss my sister-in-law Angie Archer.

I would not miss my friend Josh Alspaw.

I would not miss my good friend Matthew Hale.

I would not miss my very very very good friend
Teri Lynn Taylor.

I would not miss my buddy Andy Gibbons.

I would not miss my buddy Justin Young.

I would not miss my “sister” Kaylee Mccullough.

I would not miss Kaylee’s husband Josh Mccullough.

I would not miss my “sister” Courtney Van Ravenswaay.

I would not miss my “brother” Dane Van Ravenswaay.

I would not miss my adopted parents Ken and
Cheryl Van Ravenswaay.

I would not miss my friend Heather Campbell.

I would not miss my good friend Staff Johnson.

I would not miss my good friend Andrew Henness
and his wife lovely Katie.

I would not miss my good friend Ben Hollon.

I would not miss my good friend Greg Horn.

I would not miss my good friend Matthew Meddaugh

I would not miss all of my other friends that I have not mentioned in this note.

I would not miss ability to reason properly.

I would not miss studying my Bible.

I would not miss intelligence.

I would not miss school.

I would not miss learning.

I would not miss laughter.

I would not miss singing.

I would not miss church.

I would not miss sunsets.

I would not miss sunrises.

I would not miss the mountains.

I would not miss hiking and backpacking.

I would not miss telling other people about the
wonderful news of Jesus Christ my everlasting Lord and Savior.

I would not miss the beaches.

I would not miss good books.

I would not miss good clean comedy.

I would not miss good clean movies.

I would not miss physical fitness.

I would not miss all of the life lessons that I
have learned.

I would not miss science.

I would not miss philosophy.

I would not miss studying.

I would not miss Christian music, such as Living
Sacrifice, Demon Hunter, Skillet, Fireflight, Lecrae, T-Bone, Newsong, The Newsboys, LAMP, and all of the others.

I would not miss logic.

I would not miss TRUTH.

I would not miss apologetics.

I would not miss poetry.

I would not miss knowledge.

I would not miss wisdom.

I would not miss beef.

I would not miss chicken.

I would not miss salmon.

I would not miss spaghetti.

I would not miss sunflower honey.

I would not miss cheesecake, especially red
velvet cheesecake from the cheesecake factory.

I would not miss the chocolate dome cake with ice cream and hard chocolate on top at Chillis.

I would not miss Old Chicago pizza.

I would not miss caffeine.

I would not miss Starbucks.

I would not miss sushi.

I would not miss Chinese food.

I would not miss peanuts, cashews, and almonds.

I would not miss chicken puffs.

I would not miss cheese, especially super extra
sharp cheddar and baby swiss.

I would not miss chocolate, especially swiss
chocolate.

I would not miss white chocolate.

I would not miss sex.

I would not miss flying on airplanes.

I would not miss fast cars.

I would not miss electricity.

I would not miss indoor plumbing.

I would not miss lakes.

I would not miss rivers.

I would not miss traveling.

I would not miss the word “purple.”

I would not miss all of the other things that I
would not miss that I did not mention in this
note.

And most of all, I would not miss living each and
every day of my life here on Earth for my Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ.


Now the ONLY reason that I would "not miss" these things is because I would be in Heaven and nothing else would matter anymore.

I strongly encourage each and every one of you who reads this to take some time and seriously think about the things that you would indeed “not miss” if you died today, and thank the Lord God that you still have, or least have access to, every single one of them.

Please feel free to check out my book "Poetry and Wisdom About Life, Love, and What Really Matters,"
which is for sale as of April 8,2010.

Just go to my website at trevorslone.com for details on how to purchase my book, or to learn more about me.

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