The Shuffle

     I caught myself doing the shuffle…no…not the dance. I was awakened by a full bladder and found myself shuffling to the bathroom like some old codger in a nursing home.  It was a painful realization but I’m afraid it has come to precisely that.  I never envisioned myself being this old.  I don’t know what I was thinking or if I was even thinking but when I was young it seemed like being young was going to last forever…in spite of the statistics that 100 % of people get old and die.  Well…maybe 100 % don’t get old…but the latter situation is a proven statistic.  I never considered getting old and never anticipated what being old was like.

     Now it’s time to plan for eternal life, living forever. It appears that there are two very different options…commonly referred to as "Heaven" or "Hell". 

     I can only imagine that heaven is like being young and living forever. And the other option…hell…is being old and living forever, with the wisdom that there could have been a better choice.

     Dear Lord Jesus, please give this old codger the endurance, strength and fortitude to survive being old in this life and the mercy to be young in eternity.

Amen