My Age in Dog Years
On a day like today, I would love to sit across the table from my grandpa and ask him to guess my age. I can see it clear as day. His wide open eyes, like my daughter’s, laughing through a grin stretching from ear to ear. His belly would be moving up and down in sync with his surprised laugh. Just like the game he always played when I was growing up, I would be giving him a taste of his own medicine.
When I was a little girl, my grandpa made his best attempt to stay young by claiming his dog was older than him. It never failed as his granddaughter, that I had to guess who was older, the dog or him.
On a day like today, I’d love to bust his chops, that my kids, nieces and nephews are older than me.
On a day like today, I would crack the joke for my grandpa, but not actually celebrate that I am two years old.
On a day like today, I am flooded with the beauty of caring for a friend and her newborn baby, using the garage code to get access to a friend’s house to serve her family, traveling long distances solo, exposing myself to families with viruses, and my favorite of all: enjoying a peaceful, joy-filled, before school kind of morning with my family.
On a day like today, I remember the version of myself that would have never imagined the air I get to breathe today.
On a day like today, I celebrate the gift God has given me through the redeeming work he is doing in me every day.
The joy of being transplanted into his family for eternity makes room for every day on Earth to be accredited to him.
On a day like today, I praise God that his righteousness saturates my earthly filth and decay.
On a day like today, I am X amount of moments, days, and years old living securely in him.
To ultimately move through the heartache I described here, monumental days like today, simply belong to the Lord.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest in hope,
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
you will not let your holy one see decay.
You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence.
Acts 2:26-28
On a day like today friends, we have the opportunity to be transplanted from the ways of this fleeting world into God’s heavenly riches.
Everyday gold is ageless. Let’s find that everyday gold that will even outlast my transplant.
