The wispy, grey curls tucked her face into a beautiful blanket of age. Her wrinkled, red lips opened and wisdom poured out with each word that came. I felt my heart stir deep within -- God, do this work within my life too. But do I know what that will require of me? I'll have to grow old!
Society has caused us to believe that aging is a curse . . . that getting old is the worst thing that can happen to anybody.
According to market research, we spend 72 billion dollars on anti-aging products alone. That doesn't even include hair colouring products, make-up and apparatuses to hide the sags. What are we so afraid of?
We're afraid of the one of the biggest lies of the century -- That we're NOT of value if we are aged. It reminds me of another tragic lie that our society is currently promoting -- Children are NOT a blessing. It seems anything that God promotes as good, is twisted into something that should be avoided. How else could we be deceived into missing the blessings God has planned for us?
We desperately need God's truth.
This leads us to the Word and we discover . . .
- "The silver-haired is a crown of glory." Proverbs 16:31
- "They will still yield fruit in their old age." Psalm 92:14
- "Gray hair (is) the splendor of the old." Proverbs 20:29
Aging is the culmination of God's work in our lives. The place where, if we have followed hard after Him, we have sagacity that abounds and can be shared with others.
I don't know where YOUR birthday falls on the calendar for the coming year, but go to that date in your mind and ask the Lord what blessings He has for you. Ask God to encourage your heart. Remind yourself that you can only age at exactly the rate God has deemed best and He's doing a great work in you.
Celebrate exactly the age you are TODAY and don't dread the good things God has planned ahead! Remember we are modeling for our children the ways they will anticipate aging too.
"Abraham was now very old,
and the Lord had blessed him
in EVERY way."
Genesis 24:1
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