“I DONT HAVE VERY MUCH TIME LEFT”

Some years ago at a church conference, I closed a series of messages
by speaking on this theme: Your body is the temple of God; He de-
sires to dwell in it, possess it, and use it for His purposes in the world.
When I had finished, because it was the closing of the weekend con-
ference, I invited any to stand who wished to present their bodies
as living sacrifices unto the Lord. The first person to rise quickly to
her feet was a very lovely, elderly woman. Another older woman, then
an older man, after which many others rose. I was curious because I
had been impressed with this lady who was lovely and unusually
gracious; so as soon as possible I made my way to her and asked,
“Do you mind telling me why you so quickly stood to your feet this
evening when I gave that invitation?”
Her answer was this, “Dick, I am eighty-eight years old, and I have
been a church member all my life, but I never knew until tonight that
God wanted my body, and I stood quickly because I don’t have very
much time left!”