Someone asked me recently what I am doing now that I am retired. That made me pause a bit and ask myself, “What AM I doing now that I am retired.”
Well, I am almost 76 and married to an 82-year-old chugging around the corner toward 83. I guess what I am doing is “living my vows.”
Bob and I have been married since 1967. That is a lot of years. As I look back across those years, I can see that we have lived our vows. We have seen the “for better or worse” part many times through the years. We have lived the “for richer or poorer” over and over and over again. (Working construction amid recessions will do that to you!)
As I look at us now, I see that we have entered into the “in sickness and in health” part. I laugh that between us we have one fairly good person, my mind is still pretty sharp, and Bob is still better in his body than I am. So we look out for each other.
Who would have thought that the vows we took so long ago would still be essential today.
I have taken another vow in my life. When I came to Christ nearly 50 years ago, I vowed to love and to serve Him for the rest of my life. That vow is still vital to me all these years later. I want to love God with all my heart and soul and remaining strength. I want to serve Him until there is no more breath in my body.
As I mentioned yesterday, “The Lord is my light and my salvation … The Lord is the stronghold of my life ….” [Psalm 27:1 HCSB]
Because the LORD has “been a refuge for me, a strong tower in the face of the enemy… I will continually sing of [His] name, fulfilling my vows day by day.” [Psalm 61:3, 8 HCSB]
Today: I am thankful that I still have a voice to sing of my LORD and can fulfill my vow to Him.
