The Righteous Will Inherit The Land And Dwell In It Forever

It's a lazy Saturday morning, I'm surfing some brainless, vapid stuff on the Net while blasting off music and there's a knock at the door.

They always say, do not open doors to strangers. But what they say precisely not to do, I do it. 

At first I was greeted by nothingness. I thought it might be some neighbourhood pranksters playing the fool, but then a middle-aged couple appeared. (They later introduced themselves as Mr. Aw and Mdm. Tan.)

So they started with small, casual talk, making me comfortable. Then the asked the most random question: “Have you thought about your life, your future?”

WTF?! It's a late and lazy morning and my brain's not recharged. And yet, they shot me with the most profound question. For a moment, I stood there dumbfounded, hemming and hawing away. 

Not long after, I found myself telling them about my definitive career path in the creative industry. I think they got taken aback because that wasn't the answer they were looking for. Because as 'volunteers' from wherever they're from, they're more looking for answers along the line of: “I haven't thought about my life or future! I just study and work and make money and retire. My life is mundane and routine,”

All right, they heard about my life's calling and they were glad and supportive. Then somehow or other, Mr. Aw started talking about global warming and terrorism. He started talking about how volatile the world is, how Beijing and Japan would sink into the oceans due to global warming, how terrorism is an imminent threat and WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO ABOUT IT.

He stressed that these were matters of grave concern and that I should give my future a thought while factoring in the aforementioned matters.

The whole time, I was dying to ask for which organisation they were representing, because to have people knocking on doors on a lazy morning asking spiritual questions is slightly out of line. My doubts were more or less cleared up when Mr. Aw whipped out the Bible.

Referring to Psalm 37, which is a poem with many stanzas, Mr Aw. showed me a few stanzas and how they correlate to the things he had said.

11th stanza: But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace

38th stanza: But all sinners will be destroyed;...

“Sinners including terrorists, murderers and criminals...” Mr. Aw explained.

29th stanza: The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever

Okay, Mr. Aw reads this stanza and stops short at 'it', which I suppose was cue for me to complete the sentence for him by saying 'forever.' But I think I gave him the what?!-can't-you-read-no-more look! Haha!...

Okay, so the stress point was on FOREVER. The act of living forever. Growing old, but staying youthful, living FOREVER.

He asked me what I thought of eternal life. I said that I didn't really have much solid opinion on that.

So he asked if I'd like eternal life. Stump me once; stump me twice...

He asked if it was possible to live forever. Stump me twice; stump me thrice...

Sheesh, I suppose it was excruciating for me, hence it became excruciating for them as well. I might deduce that they were looking for answers like, “Yes, I'd love to live forever, growing old, but staying youthful. Eternal life is like a dream!”

Because Mr. Aw and Mdm. Tan were quick to presume that eternal life comes across as an unachievable dream to me. But fact is, I've got no bloody opinion on that!

They left shortly after, stressing how I should give my life and future much serious thought.

“Thank you Mr. Kang, we'll talk to you again,”

All riiiiiiight...