I took an early retirement at 58 I think it was. I needed someone to care for my wife, who'd had a ruptured aneurysm in her brain and needed care 24/7. I was worrying about what I was going to do, when my supervisor at work started giving me a ration of you know what about something. Then it hit me..."They'll pay me half this to stay home." So I called the office and told them I wanted to retire. "When do you want to start?" they asked. This afternoon at 4:30. I'm never coming back." "We can do that."
Well, at 4:30, I left, got on my motorcycle and prayed..."Lord, it's in your hands now. You promised to take care of my needs. I know You didn't say anything about wants." It was three days before my supervisor missed me enough to call to find out where I was.
Well, the Lord has never let me down before or after, although I'm sure I've failed Him plenty of times. He's more than taken care of our needs, and thrown in a few "wants" from time to time to boot.
We've done OK. I've worked at something most of the time since then to help out, still do even now, at 70 as much to keep active and from being bored as anything. I have the kind of part time job where the wife can go along with me, so we're together pretty much 24/7. I haven't regreted it for a minute. Every day is a new adventure.
To the OP. Good luck with your retirement Brother. May you enjoy yours as much as I have mine.
