Monday 18th May 2020

Over recent weeks it's been good to read stories that inspire and one that has come my way is from Reform, the URC monthly magazine.  It focuses on Bob Weighton, the oldest man in the world who recently celebrated his 112th birthday!

Bob is a URC Christian who still writes the monthly 'Eco-Corner' for his local church magazine.

He was born in Hull where his father was a veterinary surgeon, looking after the 400 horses employed to pull vans from the railway goods yard.

Bob gratuated as an engineer and, inspired by the hymn The Day Thou Gavest  and the verse that that talks of the 'voice of prayer' never being silent as it passes everyday from one continent to another, he served as a missionary with the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan.  After the war he lived and worked in North America before returning to the UK to lecture at City University, London from which he retired in 1973.  His son is now 81!

It was a fascinating article about a wonderful man who has now reached this remarkable milestone.  The last question Reform asked him was: Congratulations again on your 112th birthday.  What do you attribute your longevity to?  His answer made me smile, he said: I just haven't died.

May you know God's blessing and joy in all you do today.

Ian