"What Do You See?

Even to your old age, I am He, 

and even to gray hairs I will carry you!   

I have made, and I will bear; even  

I will carry, and will deliver you. 

Isaiah 46:4

To all the old ones who touch my
life so deeply - I see the beautiful you.

What do you see

Is it just the outside

The wrinkles and wheelchair

My feeble body and mind?

But I am formed in God’s image

He knows every hair

He’s numbered each strand

And He calls me fair.

I had hopes, I had dreams

I worked hard with my hands

I loved and raised children

I danced to the band

To the rhythms of life

Some melodies were sweet

While others were sharp

But I trusted the beat.

For I knew God was playing

His instrument well

Guiding every movement

A life lived to tell

Of a Father who has been faithful

And will be until the end

So I’ll continue to dance

Though it may seem like pretend.

But the Lord has my heart

And helps me to see

Even as He sees

A beautiful me.

I may appear as a shadow

But it’s the one that God's cast

As His face has shown upon me

From the first till the last.

One day I’ll rise up

No longer frail

And move to the music

My Jesus to hail.

He’ll welcome me home

Where He’s dried all my tears

My joy made complete

As a choir I hear.

To know at last I’m in His presence

Singing songs of His praise

Where I will dwell with Him forever

For endless of days.

So, hear beyond the babble

To hear a heart full of life

That lives on into eternity

In one who trusts Christ.