I've seen my children grow... from infancy... through the unsteady steps of toddlerhood... school... puberty... and now increasing in knowledge... through college... and faith in the Lord... hopefully... one day... each with a home and family of their own...
But now... the elder-in-law... here just four months... I see clearly growing old... his steps less stable each day... thoughts and words... decreasing... less coherent... more forgetful... awake less... sleeping more... each day... a decreasing... a reverting... despite exercise... and stimuli... the process... unstoppable...
For Believers... the growing old... comes with promises...
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed,
we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven,
not built by human hands...
2Corinthians 5:1
Yet... the unbelieving elder-in-law... at this point... rejects the offer...
Still... I see hope... in the decreasing of mind... and body...
"... I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." --Jesus
Mark 10:15
(my emphasis)
The becoming child-like... again... may make the way... prepare the heart... to be snatched from the fire...
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