Shortly before my sixty-something birthday, I came
across an article about a 101-year-old woman who celebrated that birthday by repelling
down a 328-foot tower, despite the wind and the rain, breaking her own record
as the world’s oldest abseil-er. She’s looking forward to a similar celebration
next year.
Her story reminded me of a friend of mine who
celebrated her 88th birthday by taking a motorcycle ride, courtesy
of a friend who drove her around town. For her 89th birthday, she
took a hot air balloon ride.
I’m not planning to do anything quite as daring as
they did, but I’m glad I had an opportunity to take an untethered hot air balloon ride several
years ago. I never dreamed I’d get to do it—or that I’d have the courage to do it.
But I did!
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| I'm the one waving! |
What I do hope to do on my birthday (and in all
the days ahead) is to experience the reality of the promise found in Psalm
92:14-15, NASB:
[The
righteous] will still yield fruit in old age;
They
shall be full of sap and very green,
To
declare that the LORD is upright.
