This is the day.
Aging is a funny thing: On the outside, I can see wrinkles, sun damage, hair thinning, and sagging muscle tone. On the inside, I know that my journey has just begun. I’m still a child. There is much to learn.
I remember when I first heard the admonishment to “live each day as if it were your last.” I was young, healthy, and bound to succeed. The idea sounded like a good idea, but it just didn’t seem to be a reachable possibility to me. Who could do that, seeing that life is so long? Now that I’ve traveled a few years on down the road, though, that quote has come back to me. I like it more. It doesn’t seem untenable. “This is the day which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24, NAS).
My wife noticed a funny skin lesion on the back of my neck the other day. Using two mirrors to look, I saw an irregular border and colors from pink to brown. The spot was about the size of a finger tip. It could have been the poster picture for an article on recognizing skin cancer. Surely, not me… Read more
