The man claimed that it wasn’t getting old that made him so sad, it was that it happened so fast. He could have quoted:
James 4:14
Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
You’re not playing fair at all
I’m really now upset with you
For giving your distorted view
You show my hair is turning gray,
It’s just the way the shadows play
I know that you’re not hanging straight
To make me look so over weight
The way you show a double chin
Is just the way the light comes in
I think I’m fine, but you’re so wise
To put such accent on my thighs.
I wish you’d try to be my friend
And tell me I’m a little thin
Just tell me I look good in jeans
And frilly shirts and pretty things.
Please don’t let the wrinkles show
I’d like to have a pretty glow
I see you won’t respond at all
So I’ll just tear you off the wall.
The reality is that you can’t change the inevitable. God has so designed it that most of us get plenty of physical warning that the end is just over the horizon.
How about you? Is life a joke? Every wrinkle is a new message from the Creator.
Think about it.
Gary