AGING GRACEFULLY

                            AGING GRACEFULLY

I have been doing a lot of retrospection lately. How time flies!

When I was in my elementary school, I used to examine my scrawny muscles and wonder when they would grow big and strong.

When I became a teenager I wondered when and how I would marry, live on my own and own things. …

I slept…. I woke… I ate …. I laboured ….

Then I met Christ and a lot of things changed….

I became conscious of God … the value of life …. time ….. and eternity.

So I dreamt ….. I prepared…. I connected with Him …. I lived ….. and I served….

And now I am in my forties and I feel that time is really passing…..

The vision is very clear and expanding but my energy level is flagging…..

  

What have I being doing? What have I done?

How much have I affected my world?

I have this sense of not being really fulfilled…

There is so much ground to cover…. I feel so inadequate….  And time is not on my side…. I need to hurry before my time is up….

This was I who believed I could never get old nor get weak …..

And I feel I am getting old very fast… receding hairline…. aching joints….. spreading wrinkles…. loosening shapes…..and all the works ….

 Or is God not very conscious that I am getting old fast and I am not getting younger?

But I feel the Lord quickening me within

His Spirit speaks to me like never before

giving me wisdom, grace and strength for each new day….

I feel faith, hope and power rising

I feel His heartbeat of love for my generation

I know that by His grace I shall not be consumed

And know that He who began the good work in me will be faithful to complete it till I declare His greatness to many generations. 

So I am going to grow old gracefully because my times are in His hands.

Selah!