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October 23, 2020

“Give Me Life:” The Good Ground and Bitter Winds of Aging

“A Cardiff Shipping Lane,” Alfred Sisley, 1897, English.

From Morning Prayer for Today, Saturday, October 23, 2020

As we grow older, our satisfaction of life—human flourishing, if you prefer—is a byproduct of what we have given—or, withheld—of self to others. For those younger, give yourself to the help of others. This is a seed planted in early spring that will yield a great harvest in midwinter. Despite the blessings of age, there is the inevitable northeaster that whistles a dirge, an icy wind that portends an end of the season, and the removal of the wispy husk, so that the interior may be located and translated. These napping, aching days that were never, ever imagined, when we were wee lads—wrestling on the green-grass, and the cool earth of the schoolhouse grounds, strengthening yearlings in a familiar contest, to impress the disinterested girls. Now, we strain with sciatica sirens raging to just get up from a chair that has mysteriously grown lower in just the past few months! Our prayers turn to deliverance from our pain, from idiopathic fatigue, and an indecipherable fog that demands (and gets) precedent in daily living. In Christ this, we whisper a sacred prayer for physical deliverance: a quiet spirit to endure, an occasional relief, and a pleas for increased faith to say the Credo with personal expedition:

“And I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church,
I confess one baptism for the remission of sins.
And I await the resurrection of the dead:
and the life of the coming age. Amen.”

From The Nicene Creed, First Council of Nicaea in 325.

So, we who would live, cling to the Word that is Flesh, and speak the Scripture with winter-cracked lips:

Behold my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget your law. Plead my cause and redeem me; according to your promise, give me life.—Psalm 119:153–154.

“Little Child,” Words and Music © 2020 Michael Anthony Milton (BMI, CCLI, Bethesda Music)

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What is Faith For Living?

Faith for Living is the 501c3 North Carolina non-profit ministry of the Rev. Michael A. Milton, Ph.D. that exists to advance the Gospel of Jesus Christ to as many people as possible, through every means available, so that there will be a multitude caught up to be with Jesus Christ when He comes again. Faith for Living reaches out to support individuals, the Church, and other non-profits through communication, discipleship, and education.

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