On October 20 of this year, I will celebrate (God willing) the fourth anniversary of my entrance into what has been called "The Golden Years" of life. I have several friends who seem to feel it is their calling in life to keep reminding me that I fall into that category. Their method, for the most part, consists of forwarding to me via email every list of telltale hints that you’re getting older that they can find. One item seems to find its way into every one of these lists. It’s the one that says, "Your social life consists primarily of attending wakes and funerals." That might have been intended to be a joke, but there is, unfortunately, a lot of truth in that observation. As we get older, we do attend more funerals.

And at those funerals, the Psalmist is often called upon to speak. Mo…