37.
To be honest I never paid attention to the number. As an age it’s no big deal. It’s not 10 or 16 or 18 or 21 or 25 or 30. It’s not a milestone by any stretch of the imagination.
As is my style, though, I sought a degree of importance in the number. It was then that I was able to apply the genius step of just looking at the two numbers that make up the two digits. 3 and 7. All of a sudden the significance of the age would have more than enough in it to keep me going.
3 being a significant number in terms of agreement and the Godhead. 7 being a significant number in terms of the creation cycle and the sign for wholeness and peace.
I am grateful to God for making it to complete 37 years of living on the earth. I am only too aware that I was not guaranteed this space of time existing, so to experience it and to look back on it with more pleasant memories than negative is a delight.
So many faces, people, incidents and achievements to sit back and relax with God and give Him the praise. He has been good, He has been tremendously kind to me. Even today in a busy day at work He shined His love and care to me in the workplace among my colleagues was moving and touching.
Reflecting on things it remains truly awe-inspiring to serve a God who can take the expanse of time and space and yet still be as immediate and intimate as sitting with a young man in Stoke-on-Trent with a young family working our how to be faithful and fruitful in this day and age. That He has been a critical part of that journey especially in helping me to think beyond myself is a tribute to His brilliance. It’s not always easy, but He is always fair and right.
There are always plans and thoughts, schemes and dreams, on a day like today, though I am learning to be grateful to just be alive for today.
For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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