“And even to your old age I am he;
and even to hoar hairs will I carry you:
I have made, and I will bear;
even I will carry, and will deliver you”
Isaiah 46:4
HE WILL CARRY US HOME
The year is very old, and
here is a promise for our aged friends; yes, and
for us all, as age creeps over us. Let us live
long enough, and we shall all have hoar hairs;
therefore we may as well enjoy this promise by
the foresight of faith.
When we grow old our God will still be the I AM,
abiding evermore the same. Hoar hairs tell of
our decay, but He decayeth not. When we cannot
carry a burden, and can hardly carry ourselves
the Lord will carry us. Even as in our young
days He carried us like lambs in His bosom, so
will He in our years of infirmity.
He made us, and He will care for us. When we
become a burden to our friends, and a burden to
ourselves, the Lord will not shake us off, but
the rather He will take us up and carry and
deliver us more fully than ever. In many cases
the Lord gives His servants a long and calm
evening. They worked hard all day and wore
themselves out in their Master’s service, and so
He said to them, “Now rest in anticipation of
that eternal Sabbath which I have prepared for
you.” Let us not dread old age. Let us grow old
graciously, since the Lord himself is with us in
fullness of grace.
"Lord Dictated Them"
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