Strength and dignity

         are her clothing,

and she laughs

   at the time to come.

            Proverbs 31. 25

(When we know our strength

           is not our own

                     but His,

we rejoice in what

       is ahead of us,

       because we are ready.

Dignity is not how highly

            we think of ourselves

            and what we deserve,

but how we treat others

         with kindness and respect.

What are we wearing

          in the now and into the next?

What do we reach for?

What is in our wardrobe?

We can rejoice as we are getting older

           and closer to Him.

God does not just change our hearts.

     He changes what we wear.

We can approach the time to come

                  differently,

     not with despair and regrets,

but with joy and hilarity

   because we walk with the Almighty.

We are not alone.

We are Beloved.

As we get older,

    we come even more

    into the person

    God always intended us to be:

                         His.)

O LORD,

We don't know what is ahead,

      not just the future,

      but even today.

But You do.

You walk with us through it

           into Your glory.

Help us to be faithful to You

    in what is before us

                        even today,

even in the hard stuff,

even in what we do not understand,

even in what is beyond our abilities

             but fully in Your hands,

even for Your glory.