Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. (Ecclesiastes 3.20)
Former President Jimmy Carter at age 98 is the longest-living US President. He has been married to his wife Rosalyn for 75 years, also a record for US Presidents. He’s dying (aren’t we all) and opted to die at home:
After a life well lived, I think he will show us how to die. When diagnosed with cancer in 2015, he said:
I’ve been as blessed as any human being in the world. – Jimmy Carter
His grandson Jason Carter, a former Georgia state senator, tweeted on Saturday:
I saw both of my grandparents yesterday. They are at peace and—as always—their home is full of love.
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. – The Apostle Paul, 2 Timothy 4.6, 7, ESV
3 You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man!”
4 For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
5 You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning:
6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
7 For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed.
8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10 The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you?
12 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. – A Prayer of Moses as recorded in Psalm 90