Today is a very special day for a very special person. It is former President Ronald Reagan's 92nd birthday--and we wish this great man a happy day with his family. Alzheimer's disease has stolen many wonderful memories from him--but it can't steal the love we know he will feel this day--from his caring family and from all of us who wish him well.
Now let's all take a "Methusaleh Moment" to think "old"!! We're all on our way, you know--some sooner than others! Oh, sure, we dye our hair, we tuck in our tummy, we fix our eyes, our ears and our teeth--we get new hips and new knee-joints; we watch our fat and our sugar (mainly, we just "WATCH" it...grin); and we're STILL all on our way to getting OLD!
But wait a minute...you think YOU'RE old? (or you think I'M old? Don't you DARE entertain such a thought!) The Bible is FULL of OLD OLD people doing great things for God. It includes Abraham and Sarah having a baby at 100 and 90 (!!)....Moses leading the children of Israel in his golden years...John the Beloved writing Revelation at the age we'd be riding a rocking chair...and don't forget METHUSELAH...oldest man in the Bible who lived over 900 years. OLD isn't OLD until you check out THEIR birth certificates!
AND "old isn't old" unless you CHOOSE to be old. The secret to staying young in SPIRIT? Live life to the fullest--love, laugh, learn--love the Lord--and then when you leave, you'll have no regrets! If Colonel Sanders and Corrie ten Boom could speak from the portals of heaven, they'd proclaim the same message--Live Life to the Fullest--Love the Lord--and those METHUSALEH MOMENTS won't be so bad after all!!
Now get up off that rocking chair--there's A LOT to love, laugh and learn all around you--believe it and you will have a GREAT day!
Delight in a Word from the Well--a refreshing in the Water of His Word
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing (Psalm 92:14)."
Draw from the Well--a prayer for renewing strength for this day
"Lord, we ask Your blessing and love to fill the hearts of the Reagan family this day, and in particular, our beloved past President. May he feel and know the love of God in a rich, deep way today....and may we "number our days" to know the wisdom, grace and love that only comes from knowing, loving and serving You all our days with all our hearts, In Jesus' Name, Amen."
Copyright 2000 by Peggie Bohanon, Springfield, MO. All rights reserved.
Not to be copied without permission.
With thanks to Songs of Praise for the beautiful music playing at Peggie's Place.
This original composition is entitled, "He Brings the Sunshine."
All Scriptures are taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible.
