Can I still hack this life of mine? This is the daily service podcast with Anthony George Eliot. It is never too late to be what you might have been. Indeed, it's never too late to do what is right, what is better, or what is best.
Aliana Attar and Marguerite Ward tell us that renowned fashion designer Vera Wang didn't design her first dress until she was 40. Henry Ford was what, 45. Can you believe that? When he created the revolutionary Model T carry.
This was in 1908. Writer Harry Bernstein authored countless rejected books before getting his first hit at the age of 96. Closer to my experience, the principal of the school of our kids. Oh, Teacher Francie, married at the age of 56.
56. Her childhood sweetheart. Oh my gosh. My personal mentor, who might talk much about Romy, remarried at past 60.
And both teacher Francie and Romy are living lives of abundant fruitfulness, deep joy, mentors to leaders and influencers who are changing your world and mine as I speak. Can I still hack this life of mine? Come on. Didn't the thief on the cross hack his life gold in his dying breath?
And the interesting thing is that he didn't even plan it out right. He wasn't like in some personal retreat or in a reflection session. He was dying in a crucifixion. Also, Chambers reminds us, often God will wreck a life before he saves it.
And isn't it true that many of us decided to redirect and to change the course of our lives in moments of crisis, even depression? Can I still hack this life of mine? You know what? You can't.
Perhaps you can ask your creator to the created one I am speaking to ask your Creator, the One who made you, to hack your life for you. Scripture tells us we all have been intimately designed. In Psalm 129, specifically, fearfully and wonderfully made. You are designer, made precious in your designer's eyes.
If you turn over your life to him who crafted you, he will hack you. He will use you, lead you to new joys and levels of happiness you have yet to reach. Of course, giving him the glory along the way. True.
Barrymore reminds us, and I quote, it's never too late. Don't focus on what was taken away. Find something to replace it and acknowledge the blessing you have. And tomorrow I share what to me is the greatest hack of all.