40 years of God's faithfulness

So now I am forty, my hope is to post a verse, poem, meditation, hymn or reflection for every day of this year, with this motto:

"Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them" (Ephesians 4:29).

This applies to youngsters (<40) and oldsters (>40) and those of us poised on the pivot of life's seesaw.

God's Word is remarkably blunt about how much time we have on this earthly pilgrimage:

"Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away" (Psalm 90:10).

I have longevity genes in my family so I reckon I've got a good shot at 80, though of course my life is in the Lord's hands and any moment could be my final breath. Assuming I do make it to 80, though, this means my 'life's battery' is at 50%. A bit like my iPhone after, oh I don't know, 10am!

It's a pretty sobering thought.

More likely than not, I've lived at least half my life.

And what have I got to show for it?

40 years of God's faithfulness.