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I really wasn't expecting to be around this morning. But I had a wonderful care giver who pulled me through. the diarrhea and nausea were unbelievable. I know it's going to get worse some day soon, but they even have more powerful things to help me. But I wasn't afraid So now I've got to try and build up a little strength,so that I can walk over to sons house, and have a few puffs.
my friend, I like your outlook on life, we all die, it's just a matter of when, and you don't have to be old to die, we all are just a heart beat away from death, when God gets ready for us, we will leave this world, ready or not, my best friend i ever had was a preacher, I was sitting by his bed the night he died, before he passed away, he reached out to me and said, my friend don't let the Devil cheat you out of Heaven, that was many years ago, and even now when I remember him, I still think of the last words I ever heard him say to me. and now I go to church, I'm a christian on a strait and narrow road, that leads to Heaven. if I can endure to my last heartbeat, then I will be saved, thats what the bible says, those that endure to the end the same shall be saved, when I read in my bible about some of the men that spent their whole lives, trying to please God, it makes me feel bad, that I waited so long to put him first in my life, in the bible there was Abraham, a man that lived his life to please God, and God was so pleased with Abraham, that he called him his friend, and Moses lived good enough life before God, that he was known in the bible as the man, that spoke with God face to face, and there was Jacob, he lived his life to please God, and was known to be the apple of Gods eye. when I read about these men, I feel so small, like the line in the song, feel small when standing beside the ocean. you know as a man ages, most of if not all his family and friends have already gone on to be with Jesus, and it's sad to think about dying and leaving our children and grandchildren here, without us to help and protect them, but there are times when we get to thinking about all the folks we've known over our lifetime, and we feel like just going on and meeting them again, but that time will come to us all, when God is ready for us, yesterday is gone, we only have today there is no promise of tomorrow, thats why the Bible says today is the day of salvation, I do and will keep praying for everyone of my fishin.com sisters and brothers, and I leave to anyone reading this, the words my friend left me 16 years ago, don't let the Devil cheat you out of heaven,