FGG-169 Growing Older is a Blessing

A few week ago at our Wednesday night men’s prayer group, I made the comment that every year, as I grown a little older, my resolutions have less to do with job and money and more to do with being a better person. In this podcast Tony discusses how growing older is a blessing.

Scripture: The just shall flourish like the palm tree, shall grow like a cedar of Lebanon.  Planted in the house of the LORD, they shall flourish in the courts of our God.  They shall bear fruit even in old age, always vigorous and sturdy, as they proclaim: “The LORD is just; our rock, in whom there is no wrong.” Psalms 92:13-16

Should put away the old self of your former way of life, corrupted through deceitful desires, and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new self, created in God’s way in righteousness and holiness of truth. Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Ephesians 4:22-25

First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone.  1 Timothy 2:1

Quotes: “The elderly have a rich storehouse of memories, and inner landscape to explore: times lost in idleness, opportunities well used, a fulfilling career, children grown up and suffering gone through with dignity and courage.” —St. Augustine Confessions Book X

“There is no reason to pity old people. Instead, young people should envy them. They have realities in the past – the potentialities they have actualized, the meanings they have fulfilled, the values they have realized – and nothing and nobody can ever remove these assets from the past.” –Viktor Frankl

Reflections: What are some of the things you do now that you couldn’t when you were younger?  Do you agree that as our physical being diminishes, our spiritual health increases?  How has that changed the way you look at being older?