This must puzzle so many people. After all as you get older everything seems to wear out and not work as well. All those aches and pains happen and you can't reach the top shelf or easily pick things up off the floor. It all just seems a nuisance. You look at old people in a home sitting in a room together but mostly not talking to each other. What are they doing? Are they doing anything? I believe old age is God's last gift to us to bring us to Himself. Those old people are thinking mostly about their lives. They have a lot to think over, some have 90+ years of living to consider. Of course there are some sprightly ones of this age who are still relatively active, but even they sit and think at the end of the day. Never underestimate the blessing of quietness in later life.
Every time I take a few days off from my blog my ratings slump. Very rarely do people go back into my old posts and read again. This is a typical attitude of the human heart, always wanting something different. At this time of year we should not be greedily wondering want new thing we will be getting for Christmas. Instead we should be looking at the old, old story, which is ever new of a baby who amazingly was God incarnate, God's gift to those who will put there trust in this one who was to grow up to give His life for His people. Set aside the controversy over whether December 25th is the actual date of His birth.(Shepherds do not keep their sheep out at night in Israel in December.) and set aside time to think about the fact that He did come and ponder if He came to set you free and if your answer is ,"Yes," He will make you free indeed.
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