One of our sons is giving us a book for Christmas. Yes, we already know about this gift. That’s because we wrote the book this year. It is the story of our lives. Don’t bother looking for it in bookstores, as it will have a very limited publication. Our son thought it would be interesting, and probably amusing, for this story to be told. Every week we were given questions about certain aspects of our lives. We wrote the little vignettes and submitted them to the publisher. It brought back some poignant memories and caused us to break out into spontaneous thanksgiving and praise.
We are the authors of this book, so only our perspective is written. What if someone else was writing? Would their perspective on our lives vary significantly from our own? What personal characteristics and attributes would they choose to record and highlight?
Proverbs 3:3 says, “Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.” Whatever kind of person we have become or should want to be, we should always desire to be faithful and steadfastly love those whose lives we impact. That is the story that I want to have written about me.
Reluctant Retiree 