
Pastor Lisa
WHERE DID THE TIME GO?
This is a blessing based upon Psalm 90
You’ve been looking at past photos,
remembering your parents, their parents
through the eyes staring back at you from the page
You’ve been thinking about your mortality
deep thoughts about eternity
about God
You’ve been thinking about death
all that dust-to-dust stuff
In some instances, those distant, fuzzy memories seem like a dream
in another instant, they feel like yesterday
and then, you realize that life is like a blade of grass
you heard this … somewhere before … about the withering and fading
Like fresh dewy grass in the morning, you wake up hopeful
only to settle into the bony aches and pains
that slap you down by nightfall like a lost arm wrestle
Sometimes, this realization seizes you with fear
days slipping away without your control
Nothing you can say can stop time’s slow, deliberate march
or its jet-like takeoff
You wonder, “How much longer will I be here?”
“Am I a statistic?”
This is when God speaks, if you are willing to listen
Listen with a wizened heart as you contemplate your days on this earth
God, for whom time doesn’t compute, wants to bless you …
May God’s motherly consolation refresh you every morning
May your heart be happy
May every moment you have left be satisfying
May you find balance in these latter years
May you be truly seen for the wonder that you are
for the gift you are to the world
May you know God’s kindness
May all your toil on this earth find eternal worth