God Journeys With Us
"Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you." -- Isaiah 46:4
I am so glad that God promises to be with me as I age. I know. I've heard the joke. Aging beats the alternative. I try to remember that when I have trouble getting up -- or getting down -- and moving fast seems to be a thing of the past. Where did all the years go? When did I get so old?
Our bodies age. They just do. We may exercise and try to basically eat right. We may get enough sleep and take our vitamins. But we still get old. We creak and groan as we age. And that's just the physical stuff.
One of the hardest things is accepting that the young people who once delighted in our company no longer have time for us. They're grown now, focused on their own families. That is as it should be. Still, the days grow longer and the weeks pass and still the silence lingers. We pass our time with daily chores and time spent with others equally alone.
God takes this journey with us. He was with us before we were formed and He'll be with us when our time on earth is gone. God is with us always. In the dark nights of solitude, when childish laughter no longer echoes in our homes, He is with us. When our bodies can no longer perform the tasks our minds remember, He is with us. And when our minds become confused and we can no longer remember our daily tasks, He is with us. How great is our God. He is with us always.
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