Numbering My Days

Today I read Psalm 90 which says that someday soon I will return to dust, in fact, in about 9,125 days if I have a typical life expectantcy of 77 years. I've already lived about 18,980.

"So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom...Have pity on your servants! Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil. Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands."

Thank God for his pity. I plead for it every day when I remember the whining that I do in my praying and the ingratitude in my heart. It's a wonder he still listens.

Thank God for his favor and that he establishes the work of our hands. I'm gratefule that in spite of my weaknesses and sinfulness God brings good out of my work.

I've been doing a lot of credit counseling for people with low credit scores and it's discouraging because we're under pressure to find qualified loan applicants. But so many of the people I've met have been young Christians wanting to change and start over. While I was ready to write off these appointments as a hopeless situations, God has other plans. So God reminds me to stop counting off the days until retirement(1460) and start counting each day of work as a means of doing good.