“Even to your old age I will be the same, and even to your graying years I will bear you!” (Isaiah 46:4)
A lot changes as we grow old. Our bodies change and we can’t trust them to do what they use to. Our backs hurt, our teeth grow brittle, and our knees need replacing. Our relationships change – our children grow up and leave, people move away (and move in!), and eventually we start attending the funerals of our peers and friends. Our own view of the world changes as our personalities soften around the edges or harden with the test of time; we look at life differently and the culture we grew up in is not the one we see around us today.
Growing old isn’t easy because it seems like nothing ever stays the same. What a comfort to know that God is the same in our old age and graying years. Like the hub of a wheel, our Father stays put while everything else spins around. The older we get, the more we value the One who never changes and always holds us close.
Matthew 4:4 #Biblebites