How great are your actions, LORD! How deep are your thoughts! This is something a fool cannot know; a stupid man cannot understand: the wicked may grow like weeds, those who do wrong may prosper; yet they will be totally destroyed, because you, LORD, are supreme forever.

Psalm 92:5-8

As David Livingstone penned the night he died, "My Jesus, my King, my life, my all; to Thee again I dedicate myself." For Livingstone, every day was another day to serve and to grow.

We tend to lose heart as we age. Our physical strength abates; our health deteriorates; our memory gets cloudy. But we need not despair. Every day can be a new beginning toward "good old age." Growing older can mean maturing, growing in grace and fruitfulness, getting sweeter as the days go by - more mellow, less critical of others, less impatient with the attitudes of the younger generation.

Getting old is not a time to coast, but a time to climb!

Our Daily Bread - December 13, 2001