DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- WHY AM I HERE?

 

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – WHY AM I HERE?

Psalm 71:17-18 – "O God, You have taught me from my youth, and I still declare Your wondrous deeds. And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power for all who are to come."

So many senior people I talk to – especially those who have physical limitations – say, "I don't know why I am here. What is the purpose of my life? Why doesn't God just take me home?" I can assure you that our times are in God hands and that as long as He gives us breath, He has a purpose for us being here.

For most of my adult life, my life-verse was Psalm 26:1: "I have walked in my integrity." But in recent years, God has changed my life-verse to this Psalm, Psalm 71:18 --- Even when I am old and gray headed, I will declare Your power to this generation and future generations – my kids and my grandkids, and my great-grandkids. This is the reason God gives us these extra years – so we can declare His greatness and His salvation to those who are following us.

This is the purpose for life after retirement – when we are old and gray-headed – to declare His goodness to future generations.

Love, Dad