I use to think muscle aches were bad when I was younger. Well, the ones that come with this age make the younger ones seem pretty small! Yesterday was a day to get the last of the major yard work done with a great deal of pruning, rototilling and planting as well as hauling all the pruning to the dump. It’s done and my back pains are my celebration reminders! I had asked God for help with yesterday and He certainly did. It’s amazing how much He cares about the little things of life.

When I was younger and had someone ask for prayer I would commit to doing so. Sometimes I’d feel a little overwhelmed with the needs if there were 3-6 requests. Today, I’m understanding what my grandma use to say to me. She’d say, “I can’t remember all of my grandkids’ names but Jesus knows them all and so I pray with that assurance.” I often get prayer requests emailed or text to me and I don’t have a way of writing them down. Remembering grandma’s statement helps. Some people at this age say that prayer is “the only thing” they can productively do. Well, now that I’m at this age I not only appreciate the statement but it needs a little tweak to the wording. It needs to be “the thing I GET to do”.

Living through this much life helps one see the immensity of God and intimacy of Him too. There is nothing in our lives He doesn’t care about but we all too often want God to help our selfish thinking rather than having our thinking be to complete God’s purpose for us. That’s a lifetime commitment which at this point I’m wondering if I’ll ever get there!