JULY 24, 2012
Planted In The House Of The Lord
Read: Psalm 92
They shall still bear fruit in old age; they
shall be fresh and flourishing.
—Psalm 92:14
After conducting a series of interviews with elderly people,
author
Don Gold published the book Until the Singing Stops: A Celebration
of
Life and Old Age in America.
Gold loved and admired his grandmother, and it was the memory
of
her that moved him to meet and learn from other elderly people.
He recalls that
on the way to one of his interviews, he got lost on a
dusty country road in
Missouri. When he pulled into a farm to ask for
directions, a teenager came up,
listened, shrugged his shoulders, and
then replied, “Don’t know.” So he drove
on. A few miles farther down
the road, he stopped again at a farmhouse. The
farmer, who was an
old man, graciously gave him flawless directions.
Perhaps, Gold mused, that experience sums up what he was
searching
for when the memory of his grandmother sent him out to find people
like her. He was looking for someone to guide him in his life journey.
If you’re “young,” seek out older people who have been drinking
deeply from God’s love and goodness throughout their life. They
have wisdom to
share that will help you so that you also might
flourish and grow in your faith
(Ps. 92:12-14).
Dear Jesus, take my heart and hand,
And grant me this, I pray:
That I through Your sweet love may grow
More like You day by day. —Garrison
Fellowship with Christ is the secret of
fruitfulness for Him.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
