Birthdays

My wife and I both celebrate our 80th birthdays this week. Margaret is two days older than me and I have sometimes joked that I decided to marry the older woman. Then of course, I have needed to duck! But seriously, we are so grateful for the years we have been given. For us this is a time to look back and give thanks. It is also a time to look forward to the time we may yet enjoy and to the mystery which lies beyond. God is good and perhaps that is all we need to know. We are finding it necessary to drop some activities but feel sure that there will still be worthwhile things to do. After all, service is the rent we pay for our room on earth.

What is best?

I would rather aim at something great and fail than settle for mediocrity and succeed. The trouble with many people is that they are saddled with small ambitions and have limited visions. We should lift up our eyes and believe a better day is dawning.

Response-ability

Dostoyevsky wrote, "People are people and not the keys of a piano'.We may like to blame our genes or our circumstances for our problems but to be truly human we need to accept that we are response-able (and accountable)for the way in which we live. What the bible calls holiness has to do with living responsibly.
Some say they 'couldn't care less' but Jesus our best example could not have cared more.The Jewish prophet Micah said, "What does the Lord require of you? To act justly snd to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God" (6.8).