1 Samuel 20:14-15 GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
14But as
long as I live, promise me that you will show me kindness because of the Lord. And even when I die, 15never stop being kind to my
family.
Jonathan was speaking to David.
With prophetic vision, Jonathan looked into the future. He realized that David
was in the ascendancy and he was on the decline. At the time he was speaking he
was crown prince. His father ruled the country as a tyrant, like the kings of
the other nations around him. Through prophets, including Samuel, God had
spoken to Saul. The only effect this had was to harden his heart and to further
alienate himself from God.
At 70 I, too, feel the weight of
time on my shoulders. Who knows when my call will come? My mother died at 66,
and her mother at roughly the same age. On the other hand, my dad died at close
to 101, and his dad at 69.
My concern is that Sylvia be well
looked after when I’m gone. She has only been a wage earner for a few years of her
life. So she and I will be living on what social security I have earned and
what denominational sustentation the church will decide to grant me after
working for them for 45 years.
Am I worried? No, not really. The
Lord had seen to it that we have always been fed and clothed and housed. And I
know my Lord. He often does things in very strange ways. But he does not forget
his own.
---*&*---
I first wrote this in March of
2012, before I had any definite plans for retirement. A little over a year
later I did retire. Over the last decade God has richly blessed us in both
finances and health. As time has gone by, my faith has only grown stronger in
God’s promise to look after us.
Thank you, heavenly Father. You have more children than anyone can
count, yet you love us each one individually and do look after us!
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