'Help me, as I grow older, to become ever more confident in your faithfulness. Let the past, as it widens behind me, provide courage, confidence, and hope for the future as I move toward the day I will see Jesus face to face.' - _MichaelKelley
I am turning 40 years old this week. That’s an odd sentence to write because in some ways, I feel very much 40. My back that sometimes gives me trouble feels 40. My knowledge of what foods agree and disagree with me feels 40. The surprising amount of grey in my beard feels 40.
It’s a weird paradigm thinking that I have come a long way in life, and yet thinking that I should have come further at the same time. All the more reason to pray. So if you’ll indulge me in this post, I have written out a prayer for growing older. And since we all are doing so, perhaps it will be beneficial to you as well.Thank you that you knit me in my mother’s womb. Thank you that you knew all my steps before I took the very first one.
Help us to accept that we are growing older. Help us to joyfully accept the responsibility that comes from it rather than chasing after that which will not satisfy our hearts. As I age, Lord, I know that the effects of that age will become more and more pronounced. They will emerge, ever more visible, in my physical body as well as my mind. I pray now, Lord, that as this happens, I and others aging with me will maintain a posture of gratitude. Help us to rejoice in you always. Always. Even when it is a discipline to do so.
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