Age is an attitude

Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “Live like it’s true”

Our Bible verse for today: “Here I am today, eighty-five years old. I am still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. My strength for battle and for daily tasks is now as it was then.” Joshua 14:10-11 (CSB)

Our thought for today: “Age is an attitude”

I live in a retirement community that offers an interesting window into the different ways people approach the issue of aging (and the attitude with which they think of old age.) On the one side are those who age badly. It’s not that they have health challenges. In old age we all have health issues of some sort. But those who age badly handle the challenges badly. And they complain a lot.

But then there is another group who are the exact opposite. Many of them are in relatively good health and therefore they walk, bike, swim, workout in the gym, play tennis and pickleball, kayak and canoe, and much more. But even those in this group who are less physically able, they still do all they can by being involved in clubs, volunteer organizations, social activities, and church. This is the group who lives life large and with a good attitude, and they are determined to live fully until they die.

I know many seniors who live life large. And I also know younger people who don’t. I know eighty-year-olds who are bright and peppy and happy. And I know fifty-year-olds who seldom leave the couch and always want to tell you about their latest aches, pains, and medicines. Who is really older – an active seventy-year-old or a sedate fifty-year-old?

I have also noticed a direct correlation between the vitality of a person’s faith and the enthusiasm with which they approach life. People with strong faith tend to have a zest for living – even if they are dealing with physical limitations. People with weak faith are often beaten down by the challenges they face in life, and their lives reflect that.

Being old has less to do with age than it does with attitude. If you think of yourself as old, then you are. If you think of yourself as young, then you probably act like it. Regardless of your chronological age, I urge you not to limit yourself because you think of yourself as old and then act like it. Resolve to really live until you die.

Age is an attitude.

God bless,
Pastor Jim

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