“I will bless you as long as I live…” (Psalm 63:4a The Living Bible)
As I sat on the couch watching the national news, my young granddaughter came up and sat beside me. Before I knew it she was running her finger across my forehead. Like going through a book, using your fingers to keep from losing your place, she went from one side of my forehead to another, tracing every horizontal crease she saw. After finishing the horizontal lines, she proceeded to follow the vertical lines near my eyes, lines in particular that I myself have tried, with no luck, to rub away! My granddaughter seemed amazed.
After tracing my lines, lines I refer to as tracks of time, she started looking at both my ears. Again, she seemed to be amazed that while there was no great amount of hair on my head, there were little hairs that apparently had forgotten their way to my head, had taken a detour, and now they were coming out of my ear, on the top of my ear, and were dangling like little earrings from my ear lobe. My granddaughter seemed to be fascinated in her examination and analysis, and she added commentary that went something like this about the hairs that had gone astray: “There is one here and one here! There is another one here and here.” It reminded me of one of those old science fiction movies, Soylent Green, where young people had never seen an old person before. She was amazed by the tracks of time she discovered.
I’m amazed too! But I am not amazed just by the tracks of time, but rather amazed more so by the number of years that the Lord has let my days roll on! I’m amazed every day that I experience His grace and mercy! I’m amazed by the tracks of time for they would not have been present if it were not for the Lord who has brought me through many things in my life. The tracks of time, well, they are just a testimony and a sign of blessing! Praise God for each one of them!
Have a great day in the special presence of the Lord in the sanctuary as you worship Him this morning! If you just think about your tracks of time as an indicator of what the Lord has done for you over your years, you will not be able to hold back your praise this morning! No sir! No ma’am! Be blessed!
“With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.” (Psalm 91:16 NKJV)
Still committed to the climb,
Mark L. King