PLANTED IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

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 (Psalm 92:12-14). -David Roper

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
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Fellowship with Christ is the
secret of fruitfulness for Him.

INSIGHT
The superscription for this psalm is "A Song, for the Sabbath Day."  This psalm expresses the gratitude (vv.1-4) of a person who experienced a lifetime of walking and trusting in the Lord (v..5-16).

Have a blessed day.
God Our Creator's Love Always.
Unity & Peace