Dear Lord,

Your Word says that You greatly esteem the person who fears You. I fear You, You are God Almighty, the one who created me, the one who saved me, the one who made the rules. You called me to be Your disciple, Your servant, and You said that someday I will stand before You and give an account of my life to You. You declared that all of my works will be tested by fire and if they stand the test of the fire I will receive rewards from You, but if what I have done with my life is burned up I will suffer loss, but I will be saved but enter heaven empty handed. Whooooeeee that makes me nervous.

Lord, I am going to be 75 years old in one week. I don’t have a lot of time left to work for You and to earn rewards from You. I have taken a lot of tests in my lifetime and I was nervous before all of them, especially my driving test to get my license, I remember that, but none of those tests, not even all of them put together, comes close to the fear I am feeling about the moment I stand before You and give an accounting of my life to you.

I dream of You saying to me “You did well, my son!” I can’t imagine how that is going to feel to hear those words, and to see Your smile. WOW, I hope that is what happens, but I don’t know, for sure. I think about slowing down and not working so much, I get so tired any more, but I can’t. If I new for sure that “ the day” was going to turn out well, I might, but I don’t have a clue, so I will keep plugging along, doing the best that I can, always.

I shouldn’t act like it is that hard to keep going hard, because it really isn’t. He gives me the strength, the wisdom, the desire, the opportunities, and the joy when I get up out of my chair and do something for Him that matters, it is a great way to live, and I love every minute of my life.