There are those days when the world doesn’t press in, the phone didn’t ring and emails are few and far between. 

Those were days we hoped for when we worked and chased our careers, and I know the all too well… for I perused the same line of work for 48 years. 

But it is quite the adjustment to go from full throttle to idle.  

What we thought retirement would be… it is not.  There are days I wish the phone would ring with a new project.  

But then I stop in the silence of the day and my heart whisper in it’s still quiet voice,” this is what retirement is… learning to enter into my rest.”

And God, by His spirit spells it out so clear, that this time of my life is not about the world reaching out to me, but Jesus reaching out to the world through me; through all know Him as Lord and Savior.

He doesn’t need a phone, a text or email… He simply needs those who are called by His name to simply let His spirit be our guide. 

For the Lord of all heaven and earth, He who created all things… created me, created you for just this purpose, to be His witness to His goodness, endless love, grace and mercy.