(From 1980’s

   When I lived in New York, my mom flew up for a visit.  I took her to the Broadway Play, Promises, Promises.  I’m sure you remember back in the day Dionne Warwick belting out the song on the radio about the guy who never kept them. 

   Thankfully, there are promises in the Bible which we can know that God Himself is “faithful to perform” on our behalf (I Thess. 5:24).  Always.  But as we grow older, we can remember lots of promises kept as well as some that were broken.  The used car salesman, our teen children begging to use the car, marriage vows and on and on.  Yet with our age, hopefully comes some degree of wisdom and being able to discern who is and who is not trustworthy a little better than when we were first starting out in life. 

   Yes, we may feel new places seemingly daily that our arthritis has kicked in, or higher and higher orthopedic bills.  We may fondly recall the days of boundless energy and non-stop activity.  But these later years have a quiet peace that surpasses all those things.  For He has told us, “In this world, you WILL have trouble (needing to up the blood thinner, deaths of friends and loved ones, wrinkles and thinning hair) but be of good cheer.  I have overcome the world (with all its troubles, cares and concerns)”.   John 16:33.

   So, the next time we hear the sales spiel for a new washer, or the voice on the phone insisting they really are with AT&T, let’s just remember that we have God’s promise to give us “the mind of Christ“(I Cor. 2:16), as well as asound mind (2 Tim 1:7).   His love is boundless, and His mercies are new every morning.  Great is His faithfulness! (Lam. 3:23).

   (NKJ used in all passages)