A pastor named Kwanza Yu tells a beautiful story of the death of his father in Seoul, Korea. All six of Pastor Yu’s brothers and sisters were present for his father’s last hours. He says that all of them could feel the pain of his struggle as he tried to communicate with them. But their father had lost the ability to speak. Finally, says this pastor, their father motioned toward their oldest brother as if to say, “Get me a glass of water.”

So the oldest son went over to the sink and filled a glass with water and brought it to their father. Interestingly, he wouldn’t drink it. Instead, he motioned as if to say to his son, “You drink it.” So his eldest took a sip. Then his father signaled as if to say, “Give it to your sister.” And that is what the eldest son did. And then their father moti…