A file photo of a finalist at a karaoke competition in West Hollywood in 2006. Timeless, classic songs wrecked by sometimes tuneless, howling drunks: the karaoke machine is the most annoying gadget in Britain, a survey for the government found.
Tracey and I went out to eat with Mom and DD last evening as we usually do on Saturday evenings. No great shocking news or revelations on the home front. No news is good news as they say.
I did get an email from my Aunt Marlene —— my Dad’s sister. I suspect most of our family got the same copy, health news usually travels fast. Not to get into the details but my cousin, my uncle and my aunt have all had some somber health problems and Aunt Marlene will be in the hospital this coming Monday.
So begins the to and fro, the Yin and Yang of my thoughts. I literally detest the thought of anyone I love going to the hospital, but sometimes it is necessary and you have to go. So I hate the prospect for myself or whomever I love and I hope for the best.
I was thinking about this last evening as I was dropping off to sleep and I must have dwelled upon it enough during the night for it to stick in my mind a bit.
I was thinking, as I often do, how nice it would be to just live forever. And I said some simple prayers as I do just before sleeping —— which I suppose is a surprise admission to some who have heard me carry on about the evils of religion.
Oddly enough I think there is a difference between religion and my Creator —— but that’s another story and much more lengthy. In a burst of thought I asked to be able to decide who could live forever, and I immediately retracted it because I realized, that if left up to me, our entire planet would be clogged with old people. There would be no room for the young to grow. And no matter how I tried to turn the equation I kept coming back to the sure conclusion that there is a good reason it isn’t up to me. So the back and forth again —— out with the old to make room for the new.
It’s just that as I approach being old is sure sounds more harsh, seems more unfair, and it troubles my mind sometimes to think about it. I guess it is our mortality that makes us savor our time but for now I just want all my friends, my family, and myself to live forever. That’s really not too much to ask for is it?
MjL 11 Jan 2009, 6:23 a.m.
Nope, if I could ask for the same, to live forever, I’d do it in a heartbeat!
I’m not too fond of the growing old part! I know you’ve already experienced this, but I’m having a hard time thinking about Andy turning 20 in April!
I’m thankful that he’s still living at home and not a billion miles away (Peoria would be a billion to me!). I’m glad Tracey gets to visit Noah in February. I can’t imagine the living far away part since I’m still dealing with the 20 part!
Where did this white stuff come from? It wasn’t in the forecast that I read! Pretty, but that means a shovel will be in my hand and I don’t think that is pretty!
Tammy 11 Jan 2009, 10:12 a.m.
“ for now I just want ... to live forever.”
You had to know this was coming.
John 3:14-15 so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. NIV
John 3:16
16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. NIV
John 3:36 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.” NIV
John 5:24
24 “I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. NIV
John 6:40 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” NIV
John 14:6-7
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. NIV
Acts 4:12
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” NIV
Rom 6:23 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. NIV
Rom 3:21-24
21 But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. NIV
Michael T. 11 Jan 2009, 9:15 p.m.
Hi Michael —— I guess I phrased it wrong. I should have said I don’t want to die. I don’t know what may be after death, but I do know that we all die and I just think life on Earth is a thing to be cherished. I could easily live as a mortal forever and not know what I may be missing in an afterlife.
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