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When Feelin’ Old… (opens the original)
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Is it the weather? The season? Another birthday? I don’t know the cause but… I’m feeling old.The Bible has hundreds of references to old age…especially to years old at death. (gulp) Since I’m not feeling that old, I move to the Psalms (instead of genealogies) and find Psalm 71, entitled “Prayer of an Old Man for Rescue.“ (applicable…except for the Old Man part)While I may not be in the same position of the psalmist (probably David escaping from Absalom’s coup), I c
They also serve who only stand and wait. (opens the original)
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This line from John Milton’s “Sonnet 19” struck me recently as I “worked” (served?) as the “Elementary-Wing Hall Monitor” in our church’s version of VBS. During the week, I sat in (or stood by) a purple plastic chair in sight of the four rooms on the hall. And I waited and waited and waited UNTIL a child needed to use the nearby restrooms. Then I motioned toward the appropriate door or told them to wait across from the appropriate door when the appropriate door was shut—but not locked.The first
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