{"id":35688,"date":"2023-08-25T03:30:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T10:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/?p=35688"},"modified":"2023-08-22T21:12:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T04:12:01","slug":"august-25-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/2023\/08\/25\/august-25-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"August 25, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Still Wonderful<\/strong><\/h2>\n

“They shall still bear fruit in old age.” <\/em>Psalm 92:14<\/p>\n

I was meditating on a verse this week. “I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” <\/em>(Psalm 139:14). I started thinking of my “beginnings.”\u00a0My mother had me at a time when women her age no longer had babies. In fact, her doctor told her she could no longer have children.\u00a0But she prayed\u2014for one more child that she could dedicate to become a missionary. She had a heart for missions.\u00a0She couldn’t go, but she prayed for a child that would go.<\/p>\n

Well, against all odds, she had me.\u00a0And she prayed over me every day of my growing up years that I would be a missionary.\u00a0During these same years, Floyd’s parents prayed daily for the woman that would someday be his wife. That’s a lot of prayers invested in me\u2014one who is “fearfully and wonderfully made.”\u00a0I have no doubt that God’s hand has been upon me from my conception, and that He led me to the right partner in life.\u00a0From our first meeting at a YWAM outreach, to getting to know each other writing letters, and to our wedding day\u2014we sensed God’s hand upon us. We had a wonderful life in ministry together\u2014not always smooth and easy, but rich and rewarding.<\/p>\n

I’m older now.\u00a0I’m a widow.\u00a0I’m battling cancer.\u00a0I sometimes wonder what’s ahead…but God reminded me as I meditated on that verse, that I’m still fearfully and wonderfully made. That hasn’t changed.\u00a0And He led me to another verse: “They shall still bear fruit in old age” <\/em>(Psalm 92:14).<\/p>\n

God’s plan for our lives doesn’t change as the years go by.\u00a0Our situations may change.\u00a0Our bodies certainly change.\u00a0But He hasn’t changed! He still has a plan for us because we are fearfully and wonderfully made.\u00a0He has “fruit” for us in every season of life.\u00a0We may not always see it, but we can stand on the promise in His Word.<\/p>\n

I read of a lady who was housebound and in a wheelchair.\u00a0She put an ad in the newspaper and told people they could call her if they wanted to talk.\u00a0They could share their problems and help each other.\u00a0She immediately started getting calls\u201430 or more a week.\u00a0Even in her difficult situation, God gave her a way to have “fruit.”<\/p>\n

My meditations on these verses have strengthened and encouraged me. I hope they do the same for you too.\u00a0He who made us has fruit for us in every season of life!<\/p>\n

We praise You, Father, for all Your goodness in creating us so wonderfully, and for all the ways You mature the fruit of the Spirit in us. Grant us the blessing of still bearing good fruit in every season, and into our old age. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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