Fence post

"For there will come a time when your limbs will tremble with age, and your strong legs will become weak, and your teeth will be too few to do their work, and there will be blindness, too."
Ecclesiastes 12:3 (TLB)

I was noticing a worn out old fence post the other day.  It had broken at some point in time and now only held one strand of the barbed wire which made up the fence.  The post made me think of how we feel as we grow older.  Perhaps, when we were young, we did it all... taught Sunday School, sang in the choir, visited, ministered.  Just as that post originally held up all three strands of wire.  It had an important job and was dependable, just as we were.  

But as we grow older and our bodies begin to break down, like that old post did, we are no longer able to carry a full load.  Don't be discouraged.  We can still hold up that lowest strand of wire, and that is important.  We do that by being faithful in prayer.  And in the long run, that may be the most important job of all.  It's not as obvious as teaching or singing, but how could our churches function without the prayer support of our cherished old saints?  Don't short change yourself.  Prayer support is vital.

My prayer for today:  Father, remind us as our bodies fail, that our spirits are just growing stronger and stronger.