Sunday, November 13, 2022

Reflection - M. R. DeHaan - Older - Not Old

Source (book): "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Chapter 18, "Older - Not Old", Page 22.
By M. R. DeHaan, Our Daily Bread Author
 

 Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. - Psalm 71:17
PHOTO: Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. - Psalm 71:17
Read: Psalm 71:1-18

This article is for folks old enough to be retired. But if you consider yourself young, keep on reading anyway, for you're headed for the "golden years."

As we grow older, we need God's help to recognise the frailties and temptations that come late in life. Old age is a dangerous period. No wonder the author of Psalm 71 prays as he does. (Read it now if you haven't already.)

And I found another helpful prayer in a church bulletin:
"O Lord, You know I am growing older! Keep me from closing my eyes to the fact. Keep me from becoming a pest, a self-appointed sage with the annoying habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion. Keep my mind free from the repetition o past experiences and endless details. Seal my lips about my aches and pains. I do not ask for improved memory, but for less cockiness about the memory of others. Teach me to admit that sometimes I am mistaken. Make me sweeter and mellower as my age progresses. Let me never grow old - only older. May it be said of me, 'Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day' (2 Corinthians 4:16)."

Let's not merely grow older, but more Christlike.

As God adds years to your life, ask Him to add life to your years.
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Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. - Psalm 71:17
Read: Psalm 71:1-18
 

 Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. - Psalm 71:17
PHOTO: Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. - Psalm 71:17
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This article is for folks old enough to be retired. But if you consider yourself young, keep on reading anyway, for you're headed for the "golden years."

As we grow older, we need God's help to recognise the frailties and temptations that come late in life. Old age is a dangerous period. No wonder the author of Psalm 71 prays as he does. (Read it now if you haven't already.)


 As we grow older, we need God's help to recognise the frailties and temptations that come late in life.
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And I found another helpful prayer in a church bulletin:
"O Lord, You know I am growing older! Keep me from closing my eyes to the fact. Keep me from becoming a pest, a self-appointed sage with the annoying habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion. Keep my mind free from the repetition o past experiences and endless details. Seal my lips about my aches and pains. I do not ask for improved memory, but for less cockiness about the memory of others. Teach me to admit that sometimes I am mistaken. Make me sweeter and mellower as my age progresses. Let me never grow old - only older. May it be said of me, 'Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day' (2 Corinthians 4:16)."


 Let's not merely grow older, but more Christlike.
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As God adds years to your life, ask Him to add life to your years.

 As God adds years to your life, ask Him to add life to your years.
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Reflection - M. R. DeHaan - Older - Not Old
Source (book): "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Chapter 18, "Older - Not Old", Page 22.
By M. R. DeHaan, Our Daily Bread Author



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Reference
[1] From "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Copyright © 2021 by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Chapter 18, "Older - Not Old", Page 22.


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