Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.

–       Mark Twain

Mark had that one right. It’s amazing the extremes people go to in combatting old age. Sometimes, it just looks downright ridiculous. Aging is inevitable, embrace it and don’t fret over it.

2 Corinthians 4:16 

So, we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

Leviticus 19:32 

“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

You only go around once, so do your best to apply this advice from the Word of God.

Gary

The hymn writer captured this major event of history:

Up from the grave He arose,

With a mighty triumph o’er His foes,

He arose a Victor from the dark domain,

And He lives forever, with His saints to reign.

He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!

John 11:25-26

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

The question Jesus asked of her is also being asked of you, for the answer to it determines your place in eternity. Give it some careful consideration.

Gary

War breaks out in my existence; trouble presents its ugly face, and tribulation desires a shot at me.  Is this normal?  Glad you asked.

John 16:33

These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

The hymn writer expressed it well.

Trials here are sometimes many,

And oft’ times my feet grow weary

Till it seems I almost stumble and fall

But the tender hand that leads me,

Is the one that keeps me steady

And I know that I will make it, after all.

You’ll make it. Take the hand He offers and hold on. Give it some consideration.

Gary

Do you desire joy or a strong dose of patience? Is perfection a concern of your heart? Does the Bible answer these perplexing questions? Glad you asked.

James 1:2-4

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

God is working and developing your faith and character for His glory. Give it some thought.

Gary

It is said that Abraham Lincoln, when he was president of the U.S., was advised to include a certain man in his cabinet. When he refused, he was asked why he would not accept him. “I don’t like his face,” the president replied.

“But the poor man isn’t responsible for his face,” responded the man’s advocate.

“Every man over forty is responsible for his face,” countered Lincoln.

Take a look at your face:

James 1:22-25

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

What do you see? Give it some thought.

Gary

Do you have those days of toil that amounts to nothing when you look back as the Sun sets? Feel like you’re running a footrace in water up to your neck. Exerting so much energy with so little results. Try this on.

Our labor for the Lord is:

1) a labor of love (I Thes 1:3).

2) a labor not in vain (I Cor 15:58).

3) a labor known by Christ (Rev 2:2).

4) a labor God does not forget (Heb 6:10).

5) a labor which is to be done together (I Cor 3:9).

6) a labor for eternal things (Col 1:28-29).

7) a labor which is to reward (I Cor 3:8).

8) a labor done to be accepted by Him (II Cor 5:9).

9) a labor which doesn’t have an end (Luke 10:2).

Look these verses up and give them some thought.

Gary

“The Wanderer” is a song written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion, released on his 1961 album, Runaround Sue. The song, with a 12-bar blues-base verse and an eight-bar bridge, tells the story of a travelling man and his many loves.

The song depicted the fact that so many never find what they’re looking for. Life is made up of an endless search for something that can’t be found. The loves of life dissipate like the morning mist.

However, there is One searching for those of us who have had such experiences.

Luke 19:10 

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

1 John 4:10 

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Are you wandering about or have you been found? Give it some thought.

Gary