About an hour ago I sat down for breakfast....said my blessings.....and was about to begin when my elbow knocked over a full glass of orange juice. Things like happen more often at my age. I sprang into action with towels....and springing into action at 74 is like a batter strolling to first base on a walk....although I had a little bit of Pete Rose in me. It's not easy getting down on the floor.....I have to sit while cleaning up rather than put pressure on my knees....and it's even harder getting up.
Only minutes before I had listened to John Piper's daily offering on his ministry website....desiringgod.org. It was one of those Q&As....the question being asked by a listener....Is Heaven a Real Place Right Now?
At one point in Piper's answer he talked about how he can remember important events in the past as if they were yesterday. I know exactly what he means....but more importantly....heaven is not as far away as it used to be! This is a big deal....and one of the blessings of growing older. For example....when I may have a conversation today with someone who is not a believer.....and he or she has no interest at all in what happens after death....I have the distinct upper hand! It used to be that they who I was being challenged by at the time....could count on forty or fifty years until they found out if they were wrong....and I would therefore have to wait forty or fifty years....not to find out if I was wrong.....for...."I [knew] whom I [had and have] believed and [was] persuaded that He [was and is] able to keep what I [had and have] committed to Him until that day"......"that day"....which is now today forty or fifty years sooner!
2 Timothy 1:2
