October 25—( On the terrace.) “Don’t be like the October butterflies that can’t fly anymore because it’s autumn and the wind is intractable. As your life goes on, go higher, ever higher.””

— He and I by Gabrielle Bossis

My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. (Psalm 73:26)

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every day. (2 Corinthians 4:16)

They still bring forth fruit in old age,
    they are ever full of sap and green,
15 to show that the Lord is upright;
    he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. (Psalm 92:14-15)

Prayer Meditation- O Lord as we get older, we can be so like those “October butterflies” who find it too hard to keep flying against the winds of life. Illness, death of loved ones, so many losses can hit us like a ton of bricks making it harder to keep flapping those failing wings, And yet You promise us that while our outer nature may be wasting away, our inner nature is renewed in You each day. So higher and higher, still bearing fruit at whatever age we may be because You are our Rock and Our Portion for ever!