I was told by a Deeper Bible participant in Jakarta when the class were celebrating my 63 birthday, “Pak Ian, you are only halfway through your ministry. You have many long years left Pak.”
I said, “I thought you liked me.”
He said, “We do Pak Ian.”
“Well, why would you want me to live this present life on earth until I was 126 years old. That doesn’t sound good.”
It sounds like a curse not a blessing. I am longing for the Life of Age to Come, not more of this life. Imagine how I would be moving at 126. Slowly and racked with pain. No thanks.