I honestly thought I was doing so well.
Then, without so much as a breeze,
Middle Age "zoomed" past me
like a Kentucky steed.

Whoa! Wait a minute!
Hold on! I'm still in this race.
But I'm no longer leading,
Now, it's in first place.

I'm hanging in there!
I refuse to give up.
Is it half full or half empty
when I look in my cup?

It's not half full or half empty.
God wants me to know.
It 'runneth over' with love.
that all around me He shows.

Things change on the outside,
as gravity takes hold.
But these things don't matter
to Him, I am told.

He'll love me through it.
always leading the way,
To a life that's fulfilling
as I live day to day.

With a face that only
a Father could love.
And a body that droops
and hair white as a dove.

LIVE! He tells me.
There's no middle or end.
Walk with Me and your beauty
will shine from within.

These are His words
I needed to hear.
sharing them with you
I pray brings you cheer.

 

 

Text ©2006 Susan Misty Taggart

 

"Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. "
Psalm 23:5

 

 

 

If you're like me, you are always asking questions about life. Questions to which there are no real answers. Getting older, with grace, requires a good dose of faith. For me, as I move through my sixties, my questions get deeper ... and my need for answers, more intense.

But who do I listen to? TV? Fashion Magazines? The world's view of growing older pulls me down ... makes me feel as if I'm not 'fitting' any more. I tire myself out running a 'race' I simply cannot win. If I live long enough, I'm going to grow older!

The 'Enemy' sees my fear of age as a weakness and he wants to take away all the joy God has placed in my life. He wants me to feel defeated and disheartened. Deception is his tool.

But, today, I went to the source of 'goodness' ... I needed to listen to the life-giving voice of my Savior. The voice that speaks truth ... reminding me who I am in Jesus Christ. A voice that takes away fear.

Who am I? What is my purpose? Where am I going?

Romans 8:17 says we are "...heirs of God and co-heirs with Jesus Christ." These words are part of our inheritance as God's adopted children. God wants us to be certain of our identity and our future. Life has no end ... so where is the fear? Faith is our lantern, lighting the way, in a world that screams, "Youth is everything!"
No, God is everything!

You and I were chosen to play an irreplaceable role in His kingdom - I was chosen. You were chosen. Go out into your day filled with the purpose of living as a child of God.

Writer Brennan Manning once said, "I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild uncontainable love of God."

Stop listening to the wrong voices.
Listen to the only voice that truly matters.