Emphasis Preaching Journal

An infirm lady from a nursing home wrote Billy Graham a letter asking his permission to die, as her illnesses had become overbearing. Rev. Graham was sympathetic when he wrote to her, "The older we get, the closer we get to heaven, if our faith is in Christ and his promises. And the closer we get to heaven, the more we'll want to get there -- particularly when life's burdens press down upon us. Don't feel guilty, then, about asking the Lord to take you to heaven." But then Graham went on to encourage Mrs. E.K.