GETTING OLD? HERE'S WHAT TO DO

Sometimes it seems like only yesterday that I was a teenager, but sometimes it seems like a million years ago. The older we get the farther we have to look back, and the more we have to remember; If we CAN remember. There are many things from my younger years that I’ve forgotten, but once in a while, someone will say, Remember when…” and it brings back one of those memories. Sometimes, something I see or hear, or even smell will trigger a memory of something I haven’t thought about in years.

I’d like to think the reason I don’t always remember everything is because there are so many years of information in there that my mind is only keeping track of so many things at once. Like a computer. It’s all still there, but it’s not all right there on the surface. Some of it is buried deep. At times, my brain has to do a search to find a certain memory.

But the sad truth is that, just like a computer, some of the stored data gets corrupted, never to be retrieved again. Sometimes we have terrible things happen to us that our minds don’t know how to deal with and, as a defense mechanism, it puts those memories in a vault where they remain until we are able to deal with them. That time may never arrive, but if it does, that’s when those memories resurface. So not being able to remember every single event in one’s life may not always be a bad thing.

As we grow old, our bodies, as well as our minds, deteriorate like an old farmhouse where no one has been living for years. Our eyesight fades, our limbs grow weak, our skin wrinkles, and our minds start slipping. For most men, our hair starts slipping, too; Right off our heads.

Time can be cruel to the human body. With all the chemicals in our food and water, and in the air we breathe, and the ill effects of the sun, we really don’t stand a chance. We can postpone the inevitable, by living a healthier lifestyle and avoiding all the harmful things we possibly can, but sooner or later, at some point, death comes for us all.

The Bible says, we only live a short time and our lives are full of trouble (Job 14:1). It also says that life is like a mist that appears for a little while and then fades away (James 4:14).

In other words, life is short. We will all die someday, and then what? With all the different religions in the world, I’m sure there are hundreds of different answers to that question, but the word of God, says, “it is appointed for men to die once but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). God’s Judgment.

The Bible says he is a righteous Judge (2 Timothy 4:8). It also says Jesus is our lawyer (1 John 1:9-10; 2:1-2). He Died for us and conquered death by rising again, and now he’s pleading our case in heaven. Wow! If we die lost it’s completely our own fault. What else could he have done?

If we want to be saved, all we have to do is turn away from sin, and turn to Jesus. It’s so simple. Why do we make it so complicated? We are born sinners. We are going to die. We’ll all be judged for the sins we have committed and we’ll all pay the price for our sins, which is death (Romans 6:23) unless we allow Jesus to substitute his sinless life for our sinful one. He wants to save us, but he needs our permission. We need to trust him and accept his free gift so he can give us victory over sin and make us fit for heaven. 1 John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

1 Corinthians 10:13 says God will not allow us to be tempted with more than we can handle. That verse also says that God will always provide a way for us to escape temptation without sinning. Jude 1:24 says he is able to keep us from sinning. Again, it’s simple. If you haven’t done that yet, I urge you to do it right now, without delay. Jesus IS coming back soon so we all need to be ready.

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