Occupied with Gladness

Ecc 6:19 Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward (share) and rejoice in his labor; This is the gift of God.
:20 For he will not often consider the years of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart.
Amplified
:20 For he shall not much remember (seriously) the days of his life, because God (Himself) answers and corresponds to the joy of his heart (the tranquility of God is mirrored in him.)

These verses really speak to my heart, Father. You are so wonderful! How grateful you make me by calling me Your own!

You say that I won't be considering, remembering my years but will be occupied with the gladness of my heart. Growing older will not be what the world says but will be a time of knowing You in a way that makes our latter years "shine brighter and brighter until the full light of day." (Prov 4:18).

1 Tim 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.
:18 Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,
:19 storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.

What is "life indeed"? The Hebrew can mean a "life real and genuine, a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed in the portion even in this world of those who put their trust in Christ."

Even though by physical laws of life our body is decaying, our real life in Christ, is alive forevermore. This is the beauty of knowing God. The Risen Christ indwells us through His Holy Spirit and imparts His life to us and out to the world around us. Age, in reality to me, enable us to accumulate the wisdom of God, to know Him more intimately and deeply, to see what Jesus has done for me on the Cross in a way that impacts my life daily in these few years, as Ecc 5:18 says, that God has allotted me on this earth.

Your children don't have to be thinking about and fearing how old we are or aging. We are able to be occupied with Your presence which gives true genuine life through the abundance of love and grace You shower on us daily.

The word of the Lord came to King David toward the end of his life and he spoke this last song in 2 Samuel 23:3-4:
When one rules over men righteously, ruling in the fear of God,
:4 He dawns on them like the morning light, when the sun rises on a cloudless morning, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after the rain.

This is true for me when the Risen Christ rules in my heart regardless of the season of my life.

Thank You, Father, for being my God.