The Year 2049
It was several years ago. How many, I don't rightly know.
I really should have documented the day. Perhaps it would
have been better to do it that way. How can I best describe what I really want to say?
It's about something for which I decided to pray.
I needed "time" to achieve certain goals in my life.
I needed "time" to tell, to share my journey, my flight.
I wanted to share love to help wipe away so many tears.
So I asked the Lord to give me a life of one hundred years.
Later, I also suggested that I would revisit the matter in 2049
for the purpose of, who knows; maybe to request more time?
Still later, I revisited my prayer with a second amendment.
I considered such matters of disability in the "health department".
I said, "Lord, I need more than longevity, but also a life of quality". I was so grateful that God understood and was aware of such reality.
So I'm having the time of my life, just loving and writing about my God,
my wife, my family, my church, my friends, my country, my world, my life; about nature, and about ................
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Copyright © Curtis Johnson | Year Posted 2017
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