Well, as a sit down to type today’s brown blog I have to share it is my birthday. So on my special day let me give you a scripture and a story

STORY

There is a story of a dad and a friend from work took his little daughter, Ellen, to a movie for her birthday. After they left the theater, while dad was bundling up Ellen against the cold wind, his friend asked her how old she was.

"I can't tell you," Ellen said. "I have my mittens on!"

Well, I cannot use my fingers to tell you my age, but it is for much different reasons than Ellen's.

I turn 44 today and if you look at my picture some might say, with all that gray hair, I look even older. I can’t remember when the gray hairs came in but they’re up there and I just have to deal with it. But I did find my new favorite scripture.

“So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to all the generations to come.” (Psalms 71:18 NRSV)

May your day be better then mine.