Dying or Retiring?

 Pope Francis finally died. He has been out of touch for a long time. He has not been in the public eye for a long time. Those closest to him no doubt were just biding their time waiting for him to die. No one expected anything useful from the old pope. He became pathetic in power.

Because God calls men to serve for life, we are forced to watch and listen to them long after they are capable and have anything to do or say worth watching of listening to.

Retirement allows leaders to bow out and to save face and to be remembered as a strong man, not a frail weak shadow of themselves.

It is sad when your only contribution to your ministry is dying so that we can move on from you.