Never Too Old

My husband and I attended church services Sunday morning and then left for an afternoon of relaxation and sight seeing.  We went to a state park, not too far from the town of Minot, ND.  While there, we parked our car to look out over the water, but then saw Prairie Dogs, close by, popping up out of their burrows.  Walking over to read the signage about them, the we saw an elderly man, who was sitting in his car.  My husband started to talk to him about the strange little animals. Then, he started to share his life, telling us when he was a young man, he was a well digger.  He said his health was failing him as the years past by, for you see, he will be 87 years old in a week....September 1.  We then asked him if he knew he would go to heaven when he died and he said he sure hoped so, but he did not really know. We explained to him, "Jesus died for us, so we can know we have eternal life if we ask Him".  The gentleman smiled and said he attends church frequently, but he was still not sure of eternity.  We showed him the simple prayer in "Steps to Peace" and told him, "If you believe Jesus died for you and rose again, all you have left to do ...to be sealed with the blood of Christ, is to prayer, would you like to do that?"  This soon to be 87 year old man, bowed his head and prayed to receive Jesus.