That title sounds like a negative confession. Maybe, maybe not. My mind is still going well. My body? That’s another story. A year ago my wife and I embarked on our last huge project. We built a deck. A huge deck. Twenty-four by sixteen feet to be exact. Shortly afterward we hired out the replacement of the double window seen in this picture.

Now a year later, I can say it was my last big project. I asked God to allow this and He did. By the end of the project I was barely able to do more than a few minutes at a time. I had dehydrated myself quite a bit. I would get dizzy and weak. But it was done except for the cover. We are still debating the type of cover.

This summer I plan on doing cleanup around the yard. I plan on a little here, a little there, but no big projects. I do start one money making job tomorrow for two or three weeks for students attending summer school. I will have an air-conditioned bus thank goodness. I got out on my new trike and rode the route to make sure I make the right stops.

This post isn’t devoid of my devotion to God. In fact it is to give Him all the credit for allowing me to still be on the earth in this realm. He has been extremely good to me. He gave me a wonderful wife to accompany me in all my endeavors. She constructed a sidewalk last fall after the deck was finished.

I’ve stayed busy all my life. Since I was able to do work on the farm I have not stopped. I will seventy-four about four months from now and I have kept up a pretty steady pace all my life. One thing I find myself doing now. I am pacing myself. I only go so far for so long. Then I stop. My old body is weaker now than it was a year ago.

Although I don’t want to slow down I have no choice. In it all though I feel I have accomplished as much as humanly possible all my life. I’m still available to God for whatever He asks of me. Weekend before this past, I ministered in a local church in leiu of their pastor being out recovering from surgery. It was two morning services and I enjoyed imparting the Word to them. They blessed me monetarily and invited my wife and me to a dinner after the latter service. I also have a wedding to perform in October for a friend and her soon-to-be husband. These type of things I plan to continue.

There is so much going on inside my spirit in these days. God has opened up so much to me and has been preparing me for what lies ahead. I’ve reckoned His unconditional love to be true and fulfilling. I have eternal life ahead of me. No. I’m not predicting that to be soon. I’m just rearranging priorities to make my last years count more than any of the previous.