Aging in the Lord

     To review the week, our beauty in age comes from within. The love of Christ gives us the countenance of peace and joy. Jesus is sufficient in our greatest weakness. As we pour our hearts out to Him in all of our needs, He will give us the peace that passes understanding.

     Our gray hair is considered a crown of splendor. Know that Christ will meet your needs, carry you into old age and on to eternity. We may suffer for awhile. Our bodies will wear out. But our heavenly home is waiting! Don’t look at it as leaving something better behind. Look at it as yearning for something more wonderful to come. Each step of this crazy life brings us closer to pure perfection and joy.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day, for our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen, for what is seen is temporary and what is unseen is eternal.  2 Corinthians 4:16-18

     Don’t lose heart beloved children of God! Most days it is difficult to remember that our troubles are momentary. But in the scheme of things our lives are like a wisp or a vapor, gone in a flash. Our spirits can be renewed day by day with Jesus. And what is unseen is eternal.

Fix your eyes on Christ. Fix your eyes on the unseen. Fix your eyes on heaven. Fix them on home.

Jesus,

Give us eternal perspective today. Remind us of our earthly blessings, even in the midst of great pain and loss. You can fill us with Your love until we see you face-to-face.

Amen