There are many laments in the Bible.

You’ll find them in Psalms, Ecclesiastics, Jeremiah and more. I’ve always felt they had reasons to lament….but- for the most part, I don’t. I have everything I need. Because of the LORD’s grace, I am mobile, and as I like to say, “I can eat, sleep, dress and rest.” So indeed, I’m grateful. And even more, I have a roof over my head, and am almost ashamed to say, while others are starving, I’m on the Keto Plan, trying to lose weight.

The surprise for me

Decades experiencing periods of loneliness. Thankfully I usually divert my mind most of the time away from this…towards the blessings all around me when I simply look for them. And if it had not been… Well you know the rest. I’d really be lost.

After experiencing a serious fall a few days ago,

I realize I missed some personal care and attention. As a matter of fact it made me reflect, as many older adults do, that it’s mostly me and Jesus nearly every time I have an illness crisis. So sorry,  I’m whining a bit today. I don’t want to move and I haven’t. I’m still nursing my aches and pain, and my mental and emotional “go get em tiger” is definitely off. 

Members are Quite Numerous

So, I’m writing because there are more in this club (I wish I knew them) and to say life is still good and worth living. And it’s good to still love others, help when you can, smile, compliment and be pleasant to people. Give a buck or two to the beggars old and young, and support organizations out there working for the good of others.

God’s Grace is Greater than My Past

I continue, because I still believe the best is yet to come. Christ doesn’t offer me fairytales, he doesn’t say “everything will be alright.” He says, “In this world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome [conquered] the world.” I am confident that Jesus will be with me as I live and trust him and know that through Christ I am a conqueror. One of the aspects of faith is not the “absence of sorrow or loneliness, but the quiet courage to keep hoping anyway.” I may not know what’s ahead, but I know Who holds it — and that is enough.