This morning as I gazed at my reflection in the mirror I saw an older woman looking back at me. “My, my, you are no longer young!” I told myself. I thought “truly, God has been good! I asked audibly, “where do the years go?” I also asked, “Where am I going?” Yes, I was reflective this morning. “Lord, please listen to my heart,” I told Him. ” And, let me know you are there and encourage me somehow, this morning.”
And, He did. As I was preparing breakfast for my grandchildren, the dogs began to seriously bark. I go out and there they are, pronghorn on the run across our fields. “What grace, what agility, what natural beauty!” I exclaimed. “Where are they going, nana?” My grandson asks. I thought and responded, “they’re going over the hill to find new ground for comfort and rest.”
And, as the tears came down my face, I thanked the Lord for his assurance and answer to my earlier question, “Where am I going?” The answer; I’m going over the hill to find new ground for comfort and rest.
Solomon wrote, “Remember Him-before the silver cord is severed and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel broken at the well, and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who, gave it.” Ecclesiastes 12:6-7
Life is fine! Life is fragile! Life is quick! Life is a gift and we should recognize it as such. Thus, we should be conscientious of how we live it and appreciate it; for the time we have here is but a moment! At this season in my life I cannot help but see it that way. I look back and thank God that I have pushed on to live and serve Him. I couldn’t do it without Him.
Someday your body as mine, will wear out. We become dry, stripped of life and spirit and we become dust again. You and I are going to die. That is a given. Think about it. If you’re reading this that means you and I still hold the “silver cord” and as long as we hold it and at whatever stage of life we are in, we must remember that every moment is a gift; a gift from God.
If we have no purpose our work is in vain and without the love of God our ministration is hollow. We must place God first over everything we do because without Him you and I are absolutely nothingness. How sad to find oneself in such a fix! But, for those of us who know that God is and Seek Him first we are motivated to move on and Iive on until He calls us home.
A wise person seeks God and knows, I mean really knows the joy in that!
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