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Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.  Isaiah 46:4

This past week, my father-in-law celebrated his 100th birthday.  He is the first person with whom I have been associated in family who made it to the century mark.  While he has physical problems that come with advanced age, when he is "on his game", he is as sharp as when he was in his 50s.

When you get into what has been termed "old age',  you are looking toward the end of your life.  And the verse from Isaiah is a true comfort, because our God tells us very succinctly, He is with us.  He will sustain us.  He will carry us.  He will rescue us.  

But the even better news is that verse applies to every one of us, no matter what our age.  God made us and will sustain us.  He gives us strength to make it through whatever this world throws at us.  Give thanks to Him for all that he does for us. 

++Richard