I got your attention on the title, didn’t I 😜. I am not dying right away, at least not that I am aware of, but I am getting older every day and wearing out rapidly!

Years ago, a middle-aged person in our church received news that they wouldn’t live longer than three months. I went to visit them, and they said to me, “I am so scared!” They were a believer, but the unknown about what happens at the point of death freaked them out (their words).

I have thought about death a lot in the last couple of years, partly because of my age and partly because so many people that I know have died. I can genuinely say that I have zero fear of dying, and I am looking forward to it. I am asking the Lord to move the date up; I am more than ready to come home unless there is some significant job He wants me to do.

I got to thinking the other night as I was sitting in the hot tub there isn’t much I haven’t experienced or done in life. My kids are raised, the grandkids are all doing well, the church is cruising along, and things pick up whenever I am gone for several months in a row.

I have lived a full life and enjoy sitting in my recliner doing nothing. I still enjoy preaching, teaching, fishing, hunting, writing, and working on my old cars, but I have to take more breaks and naps now, so it takes a long time to get any project done.

I know I am going when God decides, but it is nice to be looking forward to the day I die rather than dreading it. I look forward to going to Alaska for a month this summer to fish till my arm falls off, but I look forward to seeing Jesus and getting my new body more!