The sad thing these days is the culture thinks being old is an insult, and we should all pretend old people are not old to make them feel better about themselves. I am old and am very happy that I am where God wants me.
Life is hard at times, but my eyes are on the prize, that being eternal life with Jesus Christ. This life is fleeting, in old age I know it won't be long until I go home.
Romans 8:17-19 "17 And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. 18 I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God."
According to God's Word, being old is a crown and something to be considered a blessing. Yes, sometimes it's hard, but I would never want to give up all the lessons of life to be younger.
Isaiah 46:4 " 4 Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you."
Proverbs 16:31 "Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life".
Gray hair is a symbol of honor and wisdom that is earned from a life of righteousness. This life is developed over many years of failures that taught good lessons. Once those lessons are acquired, there is no way to unlearn them; they are clear and a great blessing.
2 Corinthians 4:17 "For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison."
2 Corinthians 4:18 "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
2 Corinthians 5:1 "For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands."
When our eyes are fixed on what is coming after this life, those of us who are born again know this life is short and our homegoing is soon.
