Recently retired and wondering what to do when my eyes open at 4:55 in the morning, I thought that I might look into completing a Masters Degree that I started 16 years ago. After discussing the requirements with the appropriate college administrator it occurred to me that it might seem odd to her that at 66 years old I wanted to complete a Masters Degree.
The concept of age hadn't entered my mind.....and that's because in my mind I'm in my early 50s. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I look like I'm in my early 50s or even that I feel like I'm in my early 50's because I do not. What I am saying is that I quite naturally view life along with its challenges and opportunities as a 50 year old would. Why might this be?
Let me eliminate some possibilities. As I said, it's not as if I feel like a 50 year old....I feel like a 66 year old....like a 50 year old who feels like a 66 year old. Another possible reason might be that I didn't mature until I was in my early 30s....so having started late I may actually be on my biological schedule. Another reason might be that our son didn't come along until I was 36 years old, so having a young son through my 40s and 50s may have kept me feeling younger.
These indeed are possibilities but I know very well what the real reason is that I see myself as a 50 year old even though I'm 66 years old. Get ready...and take notes...There is no more genuine fountain of youth than the living waters of Jesus Christ! There is no excitement as that of getting closer each and every day to the Celestial City. There is nothing that can put a bounce in your step more than thoughts of forgiveness, mercy and redemption running through your mind. There is no exhilaration as that of giving a testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There is no walking as healthy as taking the good news to someone who has never heard or never understood it. There is no food as replenishing as the Word of God, and there is no drug as powerful as faith, no vitamin as renewing as hope and no spa as comforting as the love of God.
The concept of age hadn't entered my mind.....and that's because in my mind I'm in my early 50s. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I look like I'm in my early 50s or even that I feel like I'm in my early 50's because I do not. What I am saying is that I quite naturally view life along with its challenges and opportunities as a 50 year old would. Why might this be?
Let me eliminate some possibilities. As I said, it's not as if I feel like a 50 year old....I feel like a 66 year old....like a 50 year old who feels like a 66 year old. Another possible reason might be that I didn't mature until I was in my early 30s....so having started late I may actually be on my biological schedule. Another reason might be that our son didn't come along until I was 36 years old, so having a young son through my 40s and 50s may have kept me feeling younger.
These indeed are possibilities but I know very well what the real reason is that I see myself as a 50 year old even though I'm 66 years old. Get ready...and take notes...There is no more genuine fountain of youth than the living waters of Jesus Christ! There is no excitement as that of getting closer each and every day to the Celestial City. There is nothing that can put a bounce in your step more than thoughts of forgiveness, mercy and redemption running through your mind. There is no exhilaration as that of giving a testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There is no walking as healthy as taking the good news to someone who has never heard or never understood it. There is no food as replenishing as the Word of God, and there is no drug as powerful as faith, no vitamin as renewing as hope and no spa as comforting as the love of God.
