Keep your spoon is an odd topic for a blog about Jesus Christ, don’t you think? Well, I was told a story many years ago and I’d like to recount it to you. I don’t know if the story is true, but I want it to be. 
An elderly woman went to speak to her pastor and told him that she wanted to set her affairs in order before she passed away. They went over many details and she was about to leave when she remembered one more thing that she wanted.
“Pastor,” she said. “I want to be buried with a spoon in my right hand.”
“A spoon? Why?” he replied.
“Whenever I go to dinner at someone’s house or we have the potluck here at church, invariably, someone tells me ‘Keep your spoon. The best is yet to come.’ Usually they mean peach crisp or another delicious treat, but my next treat will be spending my time with the Lord.”
“And I believe,” the lady continues, “that is how it is going to be when I pass on. I have had a good life here, but the best is yet to come.”
Of course the pastor agreed with what the lady said and he promised to tell everyone who attended the wake about the spoon and the reason for it being there.
At the wake, many people noticed the spoon and everyone was talking about it. Hearing this, the pastor stood up and spoke about the woman’s faith. And as he was concluding his speech, he told them about the spoon and assured them all that, ‘the best is yet to come’.