The older I get, the more I flash back to times with my dad. When I was growing up we would go on vacation every summer and travel by car to different places every year. When I was in 7th or 8th grade we drove to Mexico City. We hit every state except Utah by the time I was in high school.
Lately I have been flashing back to how I would tease dad about how stiff he walked every time we stopped at a gas station to fill up. He moved like Frankenstein’s monsters the first few steps out of the car. As a smart aleck kid I thought that was hilarious. Not so much anymore! Now that is how I move at the Kwik Trips on the way to South Dakota. It actually has made me laugh out lot a few times.
I am getting old and my body no longer works like it did when I was 16. No surprise there. God told us as much in this week’s psalm of the day, Psalm 73. Ever since Adam sinned we have bodies that fail. We grow old. We face sickness and disease. They creak and groan in ways we could never imagine as a child. But one thing never changes. God is still our strength when our strength fades. His love and forgiveness in Jesus surrounds us every day. Let each snap, creek, and misstep of your body remind you that God’s love will never fail you!
Psalm 73
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.