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"Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you."  Isaiah 46:4

I was enjoying the visit from the first-grade class, until little Mindy shared her unsugar-coated wisdom with me.
"Mrs. Williams, you probably wouldn't be alive when I'm a grownup."

What was it that gave it away?  My hair color, the smile lines, my vintage fashions?  I don't know about you, but there are some things i rather not hear or think about... even when it's true.

Father, it would be nice if all truth was easy to swallow, but sometimes it is unsettling.  How very thankful i am to know you will carry us, sustain us and rescue us all the days of our life.  This truth from You makes all things bearable. As long as i am in this day, may my JOY and thanks for You rule my ways.

we are loved and chosen by God,

may we live, love and do like we believe it,

veneal