Went with KS to visit the Christian Home for the Aged. It's my third time there, and it still feels like the first time. So difficult to communicate with the folks there, because of my language deficiency, and they speak very softly, so it takes a lot of patience to understand them, and sometimes I fail in understanding them. But still, seeing them smile is a good sign. They're happy for us just to be there, sing songs for them, and try to talk to them.
Watching them makes me think of what will become of me when I reach their age. Aging, illness, deterioration of body and mind are just one bit of the legacy of the sin of our first ancestor Adam. With sin death entered into the world, and because of this we grow old, get sick and eventually turn to dust. The comfort for saints is that we will not suffer this deterioration for eternity. When we are risen, our bodies will be made whole, perfect, without any defect. We will know pain, illness and suffering no longer. We will be reunited with all our friends and family in Christ, and the former things, the evil days, will be no more remembered.
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