Aged Lenses

As I get older, I start seeing life through different lenses. I no longer hold the same frustrations, desires and even some of the dreams that I did when I was younger. I don't consider myself 'old' by any means, at least not on the days that don't involve playing pick up basketball with guys ten years younger than me for one too many games...but... I am aging... if we're lucky, we all are. In reflecting on where I was 5, 10, 15 years back, I can see tremendous amounts of ground gained in my life as a whole.

My character, attitude, desires, financially, relationally, spiritually. The list is near endless.

 I'm a complete different person. I take no credit for any of it, it's all by the grace of God. I'm also no different than most when it comes to the subject of becoming 'seasoned', I too can be concerned about it.

As Billy Graham is quoted "Growing old has been one of the greatest surprises of my life."

I would agree! You never sit back and think, man one day I'm going to be 'this' age. It just happens. So the fear of it is something real, something we have no control over. And it's intimidating. So the real concern is not over what could happen if you grow old, rather it is what will happen when you grow old, the Lord willing.

Of course we all hope to be able to look back at our lives and say, I lived well, made forward movements and am overall pleased with the way my life played out. But in reality, there's a whole slew of us, that can't do that. We've procrastinated, chosen poorly and failed miserably & are either just getting things on track or have yet to begin to do so. I can relate to that. I not only have the
t-shirt, I'm an owner of  the brand. But it's never too late, is it. What's worse is that there are always people around us that have their lives so snug upon the tracks that it all looks seamless. How can you measure up to that? You can't.

I aim to say that if you know Jesus Christ as your Lord, you don't have to feel the taunting of neither the past or the future. When you were younger or getting older. In fact, the bible has some great promises to those that are gaining in years. I would like to share a few with you today and I hope that they might encourage you, whatever your age.

Isaiah 46:4

Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you. 

 

Psalm 71:16-18

I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign Lord;
I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
Since my youth, God, you have taught me,
and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
Even when I am old and gray,
do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power to the next generation,
your mighty acts to all who are to come.

 

Psalm 92:12-15

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
planted in the house of the Lord,
they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age,
they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”

 

 

"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass, the more clearly we should see through it."

-Jean Paul Sartre

 

 

"It is not true that people stop pursuing their dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing their dreams."

-Gabriel Garcia Marquez

 

 

What thoughts do you have about aging?

 

Hope this blesses you. Thanks for stopping by!