Your Best Day - Today!

It's not uncommon for a young person to use some creative measures to look older to someone who might frown on their youthful appearance. Young people are in a hurry to grow up, and the marketplace is eager to accommodate their rush into adulthood.

On the other side, aging cannot be denied, even as frantic efforts are undertaken to slow down or reverse the assault. Hiding aging is comparable to hiding other realities that impact your identity. Listen to Galatians 6:7. "What you plant, you will harvest. If you plant to satisfy your lower nature, your harvest will be the decay and death of that nature. If you plant the truth, you will reap the good things the Holy Spirit will give you.”

Each stage of life presents opportunities that may never again be available. "This is the day that the Lord has made so rejoice and be glad in it." These are words of hope and encouragement so rejoice and be available for what God has purposed for you to be.  

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Bless the Lord, O my soul,

And forget none of His benefits…

Who satisfies your years with good things,

So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.

~Psalm 103:2,5 New American Standard Bible

Great is his faithfulness; his lovingkindness begins afresh each day.

~Lamentations 3:23 The Living Bible

Joy at Every Age and Stage

Coming to terms with getting older is an issue that’s difficult for both men and women. As medical technology advances, the average age span continues to increase. You can live a healthier life for a longer period of time, but are you happier as our culture centers on youth and beauty?  

Youth carries an imagery of perpetual possibilities. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow sums it up. “How beautiful is youth! How bright it gleams with illusions, aspiration and dreams.” We want to believe in a fountain of youth, in finding a lifestyle that guarantees happiness.

An adolescent girl expressed anger and disgust with her mother’s attempts to look, talk and act like her teen-aged daughter. Her mother insisted on being friends and hanging out with her daughter’s friends. It is possible to experience the joy and satisfaction that’s given to you by Christ Jesus at every stage of your life. Contentment is assured by accepting the identity God designed for you, so welcome his joy for living each stage of your life!  
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Young people take pride in their strength,

but the gray hairs of wisdom are even more beautiful.

~Proverbs 20:29 Contemporary English Version

So teach us to number our days,

that we may present to You (God) a heart of wisdom.

~Psalm 90:12 New American Standard Bible