For the season when remembering becomes more urgent than pretending.
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;” Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain; in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets: before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Remember your Creator asks whether you are turning toward him now, or waiting until the body makes remembering feel urgent. Ecclesiastes names days when the eyes dim, the grinders grow few, and desire fails. When strength changes, do you treat the loss as proof that your life is shrinking?
The actual condition is deeper than inconvenience. You want the old body to certify that you are still secure, useful, and fully yourself. That is a false refuge. The trembling keepers, darkened windows, and closing doors expose the body’s frailty without flattering it. Your changing body is not your creator, judge, or refuge.
The passage leads you toward the everlasting home, where dust returns to earth and the spirit returns to God. Christ entered a mortal body, bore the cross, and rose bodily from the grave. His resurrection does not erase today’s weakness, but it gives your changing flesh a future beyond the broken pitcher and severed cord. Will you remember your Creator today, before you demand that your body save you?
Your changing body is not your creator, judge, or refuge.
Lord Jesus, teach me to remember my Creator as my body changes, and keep my hope in your risen life. Amen.
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