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Aging and Physical Challenges
Growing old gracefully is an attitude. If we try to
avoid it, we are sure to lose. Someone has rightfully
said, "God has as much plan for December as He does
for June." Every age has special blessings that we can
never have if we try to avoid that age. There are a few
things more silly than a 65 year old trying to act like a
teenager, or more sad than a teenager trying to act like
a 65 year old. As the ad says, "You only go around
once." That is true, and if we miss the age we are, we
lose it forever. Yesterday is just as much beyond our
reach as the day Adam and Eve were created.
Physical changes, like aging, are inevitable. We
should try to stay as healthy as possible by following
the rules of good health. When sickness comes, don't
blame God. He didn't build a single program in our
bodies that is designed to keep us well. Disease is in
the world as a result of sin, not necessarily on the part
of the sufferer. Whatever our physical condition may
be, if we will take it with trust in God, He will sustain us
in it and see us through it.
--
Paul Easley, San Antonio, Texas
This I can speak on ... my husband had polio as a
baby, and has always been handicapped, and I have
had over 9 operations on my legs. We are quite a pair!!
It may seem "cruel" to some, but Buddy and I deal with
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