Rocking In The Rocking Chair In My Room

May i always experience needed change? Let me find ways to improve my life even as i'm pushing 70.  My parents didn't raise me up in a mediocre existence.  i was up and out never allowed to sit on my butt rocking  in the rocking chair in my room.  Sometimes i wonder why did they put it there.  i may be retired now, but i refuse to be pigeon-holed into being just another invalid or cripple living off the state.  Oh, i received food stamps and unemployment benefits at one time, but i was always more than happy to be free of that dependence. i thank God for the many years i've worked so that i can receive the Social Security benefits i have earned.

Rocking in the rocking chair in my room growing up in my parents house--didn't happen!  Since i'm becoming a better Christian which is always a work in progress---on going---the Lord is guiding me into being a more useful Christian than the one i was back when i was working.  Thank You, Abba Father, for giving me the drive to be more diligent, to help me to understand that the rest of my life is not just a free ride.  Guide me so that i'm not so judgmental when i look at those who seem to be slothful.  Keep me from slapping them across the mouth as i've been fantasizing lately.

Keep me from being arrogant and judgmental  and thank You for helping me to see that retirement is not looking at this life as a do-nothing.  Keep watch over me as i continue to receive all of Your blessed resources and to distribute them wisely and with the compassion You've built in me since my teen years.