Patty and I went to visit my good friend Andy Keesecker in the hospital this afternoon. He is having some problems with his kidneys and the doctors are trying to figure out what the problem is. It seems that a lot of my friends are having health problems these days. That is probably because most of my friends are my age, and that is what happens when you get my age, the old body just starts wearing out, it is a given. I have two separate doctor visits scheduled in the next couple of days, just routine, every two year checkups, and I have no idea how those will turn out. I am assuming that everything will be cool, and I will live to be 100 years old riding my bicycle until I am 99 years old, but that is not probable.

But it doesn’t really matter because I would much rather be in heaven than here, nothing against all you good people but heaven is better, a glorified body is way better, and Jesus is way, way better. It is so cool to be living life with no fear of dying, no fear of cancer, or any other health issue. I am thinking that with what is going on over in Israel that Jesus is going to be coming any day now.

My main prayer for my sick friends is that God will use them a ton in their sickness as they witness by their joy. I pray that God will fill them with joy, peace, and a very powerful sense of His presence and pleasure in them as His servants.