“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.” (Samuel Ullman)
The process of aging is similar to a piece of ripe uneaten
piece of produce shriveling up as it eventually rots. With the human aging process, God knows when
each person on this planet will leave it (for the afterlife). Job 14:5 (VOICE)
says: Since a person’s life is fixed, and You are the One who determines the number of his months. And
You set a limit on the length of her life.
No matter how long I live. Decision making does
not become any easier for me (as I age).
When I was younger, many of my choices were “me” focused. As I age, I
realize just how much my decision process affects those I care about. Often times, a choice for will come down in being
true to my needs (or making someone else happy). You know I think all human beings have their
own conditions on how they feel about the aging process.
It doesn’t seem right
for a child to be sick. They must recover and grow older as they experience all
the good possibilities that come with age (like a spouse and children). With someone that is old and ill, we want
them to recover too. It would be best if the aging process could stop (or
magically go backwards) so that we could spend more time with them. In both of
the above cases, if recovery cannot happen, and excruciating pain exists,
sometimes death is the most merciful solution.
The song, “No More Night” by David Phelps does a
wonderful job of describing what will be missing from Heaven (below are the
first verse and chorus):
The timeless
theme, Earth and Heaven will pass away
Its not a dream, God will make all things new that day
Gone is the curse from which I stumbled and fell
Evil is banished to eternal Hell
No more night, no more pain
No more tears, never crying again
And praises to the great, "I am"
We will live in the light of the risen Lamb
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