On growing old

I have been looking around my house at all the things I cannot do very well anymore. I have to have help from my daughter in laws and my husband at times. I have to measure my energy because there is just not enough to go around a lot of days. But yet God helps me to serve him in many little ways everyday and I know I am of great worth to Him no matter how old I get. All of this pondering brought the following poem:

Growing Old in the Lord

So many things you cannot do
As the years go marching by,
But God will see you through
And will hear your every cry.

If you grow old in the Lord,
His fruit you will always bear.
He will give you your reward
And answer your fervent prayer.

Maybe you can't sweep the floor
But you can serve in other ways.
God will open for you a door
To serve Him all your days.

When autumn leaves fall on you
Or winter touches your brow,
God has something for you to do
And He will show you how.

He has promised to carry you
And all your burdens bear.
He will your strength renew
And lift you from despair.

15 Sep 2009 Suzanne Halliday

Isaiah 46:4, "And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you." Psalms 92:14, "They shall bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing."