Remember now your
Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the
years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them”
Ecclesiastes 12:1
فاذكر خالقك في ايام شبابك قبل ان تأتي ايام الشر او تجيء السنون
اذ تقول ليس لي فيها سرور.
At a wedding I attended
a very godly friend told the young newlyweds to remember Ecclesiastes 12:1 and
he cited it to them.
While I pondered its
meaning and impact on youth, I wished it applied to me, but said alas I am no
longer ‘youth’, however I quickly realized that a quarter of a century into the
future I will look at my current age as ‘youth’. After all they say you are as
old as you feel. So it applies to all of us independent of age, let us remember
our creator NOW.
If you are reading this
and saying I am already 100 years old and it does not apply to me, then
consider the following verses:
Even to your old age, I am
He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Cast
all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
والى
الشيخوخة انا هو والى الشيبة انا احمل. قد فعلت وانا ارفع وانا احمل وانجي.
وَاطْرَحُوا
عَلَيْهِ ثِقْلَ هُمُومِكُمْ كُلِّهَا، لأَنَّهُ هُوَ يَعْتَنِي بِكُمْ.
Isaiah
46:4, 1 Peter 5:7
I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:
Abba
Father, thank You for Your abundant blessings and love. Help me Lord to
remember You NOW and
all the time in my youth and in my ‘old’ age, in my going out and in my coming
in, in my labour and in my leisure, in my laughter and in my tears. Thank you
Father that through my joy in You I will never get to a state where I will say
about my years: “I
have no pleasure in them”. Thank You Lord that even to my gray hairs You
will carry me. Thank You my Heavenly Father that You care so much about me that
I can always cast all my anxiety upon You.In the name of The
King of kings and Lord of lords, in the Holy Name of Jesus I pray. To Him be
the glory and the power and the dominion forever and ever and unto ages of
ages. Amen.
Wagdi Henein
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