Still as Strong

I just saw a 92-year-old man mowing the lawn of his church with a push mower.

Let me type that again, just so you won’t think that there was some kind of mistake. I just saw a 92-year-old man mowing the lawn of his church with a push mower!

You have to love it when a person who has been a senior citizen for more than a quarter of a century is still willing to do hard manual labor for the Lord. He isn’t content to sit back in his easy chair with the attitude that he has already done his part. Jesus says that we are to be faithful unto death (Revelation 2:10). This fellow evidently takes that command seriously!

This reminds me of Caleb, a hero of the Old Testament. He once said, “…So here I am today, eighty-five years old! I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then.” (Joshua 14:10-11).

We don’t all have the promise of being physically strong when we reach our later years. But we all can choose the attitude that we have toward life. Let’s choose to be bold and positive and determined to do all we can for the Lord!

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