Too Late

I see on Facebook, some 90-something lady was baptized.  She is quoted as saying, “It’s never too late to become a Christian.”  A hearty amen to that.  It’s never too early either.

But at some point it is too late for certain things.  For instance, I’m too old to go to the police academy to become a street cop, like Baez on Blue Bloods. Or ride a Harley, according to my husband.

Somebody reading this just said, “Oh, you’re not old.” Okay, if you don’t like the word “old,” let’s just say I’m well past my freshness date.  And what’s wrong with being old, anyway?  I was young once, and I wasn’t good at it.  Not that the “golden years” are all they are cracked up to be, either.

Too late?

At my advanced age—born shortly after the earth’s crust had cooled—it might not be too late for some things—going to Hawaii, for instance, but I have the privilege of simply not wanting to.  I would love to visit Hawaii or New York City or take a Viking River Cruise if it didn’t involve a long plane ride to get there.

Here’s what’s not too late:  To know the Lord.  To press on to know the Lord.

“Oh, that we might know the Lord!  Let us press on to know him.  He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.” Hosea 6:3 NLT.  Isn’t that lovely?  And here’s what I have found:  He still is revealing himself and his great mercy and grace.  To me!

He is still teaching me.  I’m not finished. He isn’t finished with me.  In the words of a poem whose author I don’t remember, “Finished?  Not until I freely place my stock of cherished certainties like sad surrendered weapons at your injured feet.”

“My stock of cherished certainties…” That is so me! I knew so much before I came to understand how much I do not know.

As long as I seek him and am willing to learn, he will teach me.  Every day I learn. Every day when I am listening he gives me a word.  My word this week?  “Give us this day…” This day. We have all we need for this day.

It’s not too late to learn of him. This is the day the Lord has made. Surrender to him, this day.