April 11, 2006
The Glorious Sunset
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It is wonderful to be young, with clear sight, acute hearing, elastic step, pulses drumming to the march of exhilarating health. But old age has glories that youth cannot know. It is a blessed old age indeed if it ends brightly at evening time.
Old age celebrates the harvestyouth the sowing. Like fruit in the fall, the harvest of old age will either dry up and wither, or grow mellow and sweeter as it ripens.
You cannot escape the advancing years. Youth stays long enough only to strengthen our shoulders for the burdens ahead. Life leads inevitably to the evening time. But the best things are the oldest thingsthings that have endured and stood the test of time. God Himselfthough not bound by timeis called the Ancient of Days (Daniel 7:9).
So don't be ashamed to own your age. Everything that abides must become old: mountains, rivers, oceans, stars.
But the evening time of life can be bright only if we have the One who is the Light as our evening Sun. Nothing is sadder than an aging person facing eternity without Jesus. And nothing is sweeter than a gently mellowing Christian, still growing and resting in Christ as he faces God's tomorrow with confidence. M. R. De Haan, M.D.
It is a strange thing that, while all would live long, none would be old. Benjamin Franklin
Wow. I remember seeing all that when I was about 10 years old. Thanks for the great thread and all the memories.