As I grow older, I often find myself feeling worn out.  My energy level is waning – I don’t always feel purposeful – at times I  feel sorry for myself and wonder what difference it made for me to be here.

It’s funny how you start to look back and wonder how things would have been different if … You examine your accomplishments and realize you wasted a lot of time.  You count down days until you’ll be in heaven. You have others making decisions for you that you would still like to control.  In other words, life is ebbing away and there is still a lot to do.

You might create a bucket list of all the things you still want to accomplish or see. You search for dreams to fulfill and mountains to climb, but your physical self is screaming at you to stop and act your age.  It’s kind of like going through puberty all over again, only this time you’ve been there and done that. You could easily fall victim to the fact that your life is coming to an end  and you should get used to it.

Psalm 71 is a source of encouragement to those of us in this position.  There’s still work for us.  There is a whole generation of young people who need something to hang onto something to believe in.  It should be our joy to pass our spiritual heritage on to them as a rich legacy.  Not only can we teach what God expects of them.  (Perfection) but also what He has done for them. (Paid the price for our imperfection.)

Help me, Lord, to share your love with those who need to know about it.  It is a gift more precious than gold and you have given it with no strings attached. Amen!