And I can't imagine how hard it must be for someone who believes this life is all there is!! Sure, getting old beats the ALTERNATIVE of dying young....but how hard must it be to have HAD youth and health and to see it slowly, slowly, slowly....slipping away, never to be recovered??
Growing old ain't easy for me as a Christian, EITHER (though I do NOT walk with a CANE yet, Lol!!) But at least I know from the Bible that, one day in Heaven, I'll have a new BODY that will live FOREVER.
When I was saved in 1975, God gave me a new HEART (spiritually speaking)...a heart that obeys Him and loves Him and serves Him. And one day, He'll give me a new BODY (which includes a new PHYSICAL heart, by the way!!) He does things in that order because where we are SPIRITUALLY is far more important to Him than where we are PHYSICALLY. These bodies we have WILL perish, but our SOULS are ETERNAL!! However, for the Christian, a new body WITHOUT aches and pains and sickness and death IS coming, and that gives me (and all Christians) reason to actually REJOICE as we age.
Yes, Getting old ain't easy but it's a lot EASIER when you know the Lord Who HELPS sustain you in this life, day-by-day, and promises you a new and better existence beyond the grave!!
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