Aging gracefully and gratefully
"Aging gracefully" seems to mean adapting to changes to our bodies--or someone else's.
Aging gracefully is more than a physical thing for believers.
Aging gracefully means aging within the grace of God,
Holding fast to the Father with both hands--trust and obedience;
Holding fast to the Word in flesh and the word in print;
Holding fast to the Spirit who holds fast to us--our seal of present salvation and future glorification [Christ likeness].
Aging gracefully means facing the truth of His word and embracing it:
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things which are unseen. For the things which are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
"For we know that if the tent, which is our earthly home, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened--not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
"So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him" (2 Corinthians 4:16-5:9; ESV).
"Aging gracefully" seems to mean adapting to changes to our bodies--or someone else's.
Aging gracefully is more than a physical thing for believers.
Aging gracefully means aging within the grace of God,
Holding fast to the Father with both hands--trust and obedience;
Holding fast to the Word in flesh and the word in print;
Holding fast to the Spirit who holds fast to us--our seal of present salvation and future glorification [Christ likeness].
Aging gracefully means facing the truth of His word and embracing it:
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things which are unseen. For the things which are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
"For we know that if the tent, which is our earthly home, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened--not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
"So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him" (2 Corinthians 4:16-5:9; ESV).
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