FACED WITH AGING

Growing older has not been easy for me. As I enter middle age, I find myself experiencing pain in places that I never did before. Sore knees forced me to give up tennis this year, and it was an emotionally telling experience. I'm not as fast as I used to be, nor do I have the same endurance that I used to possess, and this all tells me that I'm changing into a different person physically. And for a person who enjoys competing, and excelling in certain sports, and whose body has always obeyed the brain that ruled it, the undeniable reality of a certain inevitability is downright painful to admit. But, life goes on, and we face with bravery and faith the challenge set before us. We are who we are, and God knows exactly where we are. He created us. And His love is constant and never-changing. So, if we grow older, or grayer, or slower or become less certain of our physicality, we can still be sure of God's love, and know without any doubt that He will be there holding our hand, and holding us up.

"The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all."
Ecclesiastes.