Bible Reading Challenge - Episode 13 - Genesis 48-50 & Psalm 31

Today is my 40th birthday. I’m not big on birthdays. I’m not against them, either. It is one of the few things on which I am somewhat ambivalent.
My son, Jesse, has been working on a birthday present for me for a couple of weeks, yelling across the house that I have to close my eyes because he’s going to work on it somewhere in sight. I’m excited about seeing what he made me, although I don’t really have any space for more stuff. I have too much stuff. He wanted to go to the dollar store today to buy me something. I don’t want anything. I have all that I need. I mean it.
Life is changing a lot lately. Lots of things that felt solid turned out not being so. Very destabilizing. I realize that a midlife crisis is in order. I think about buying land and homesteading with my wife. I think about all kinds of things. But in the end, I’m happy to be doing what I’m doing where I’m doing it.
I’m grateful to God for 40 years. That’s about 20 more years than I expected to get at a couple of points. He has been abundantly faithful and kind to me. My life is an offering to him. I’m pleased to be poured out for him. This is just a small part of it, but it is a real part of it. The scriptures have changed my life. I hope they are changing yours as well: