It was hard to believe, but true. Leon Sheppard of Memphis, TN. had 5 children, 12 grand-children, and 6 great-grand-children, but when he died he left his $250,000 and a 4,270 square foot mansion to his two cats! Yep, you heard it right– to his two cats! While I don’t know any details about his relationship with his family, what he valued most is obvious. How stupid can a man get? Even if he had disowned his family because they were the scum of the earth, there are better things to do with your money. There are starving children all around the world that could have used what he left. Yet he gave it to the cats!
So what will you do with what you leave when your turn comes to die? We all have something– who will get it? What Mr. Sheppard did is actually no worse than what others do when they leave their goods to ungodly wicked people who will misuse it. Since we are responsible for what we have we need to give serious consideration to where it goes after we’re gone. While no one should leave their estate to cats, or dogs, neither should they leave it to wicked vile people who will waste it. I won’t make any suggestions as to where you should leave yours, except to say that you ought to leave it where it will do the most good in carrying out your life’s purpose– which should be to glorify God. And that shouldn’t be too hard to do. What ever you have you will someday leave. The only question is, “Where?”. Think about it!
