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Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.

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Lifelines

Date:
December 13, 2024

Read Psalm 90:12

To me, birthdays are just another routine realization that I'm not getting any younger. I know that because the cake won't hold all the candles. Even if it could, the frosting would melt before I'd be able to blow all of them out. One year, my kind and thoughtful assistant reminded me of another approach I could take. She gave me a birthday card showing an old guy standing beside a cake covered with candles. On the front it read: "Don't feel you're getting old if you can't blow out all the candles..."

Does Anyone Care?

Date:
December 12, 2024

Read Hebrews 13:3

On that icy January morning, in a twenty-five-cent-a-night flophouse, a shell of a man who looked twice his age staggered to the washbasin and fell. The basin toppled and shattered.

He was found lying in a heap, unclothed and bleeding from a deep gash in his throat. His forehead was badly bruised, and he was semiconscious. A doctor used black sewing thread that somebody had found to suture the wound. All the while the bum begged for a drink. A buddy shared the bottom of a rum bottle to calm his nerves.

Looking for the Prize

Date:
December 11, 2024

Read 2 Timothy 4:7-8

Growing old, like taxes, is a fact we all must face. Now, you’re not going to get me to declare when growing up stops and growing old starts. But there are some signs we can read along life’s journey that suggest we are entering that inevitable period of transition.

The Pain of Resentment

Date:
December 10, 2024

Read Proverbs 26:23, 26

Leonard was a paragon of respectability. The middle-aged, hardworking lab technician had worked at the same Pennsylvania paper mill for nineteen years. Having been a Boy Scout leader, an affectionate father, a member of the local fire brigade, and a regular churchgoer, he was admired as a model in his community.

Open Minds, Open Hearts

Date:
December 9, 2024

Read John 8:4-11

The longer I live the less I know with absolute certainty.

In my younger years, I viewed most things as either black or white. Over the years, my perspective has been transformed—by the seasoning of years, the pain of disappointment, the reality of adversity, and the still small voice of God tempering my long-held convictions.

Now I’m much more uncomfortable with sweeping generalities.

Things That Really Matter

Date:
December 7, 2024

Read 2 Timothy 4:9-13

If your found yourself near the end of your days, close to death, who or what would you most want by your side? That’s a compelling question, isn’t it? I know that as I grow older, much that I once attended to and perhaps even worried over through the years means very little now that I’m in my eighth decade. In those times of rare but necessary re-evaluation, what’s really important comes into clearer focus.

The aging apostle, likely nearing his seventh decade of life, wrote these meaningful words to Timothy, his younger apprentice:

The Case against Vanilla

Date:
December 4, 2024

Read Psalm 33:1-3

I cannot imagine anything more boring and less desirable than being poured into the mould of predictability. Few things interest me less than the routine, the expected, the status quo. A fresh run at life by an untried route will get my vote every time. Stay open-minded for a moment, and I’ll try to show you why.

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