You are getting old!

I visited my optometrist the other day for a complete eye checkup. After he completed the checkup, he asked me if I liked 50 Cents words. I said no! He said well, I am going to tell you anyways because that’s the condition that you have.

He said you have Presbyopia! And I went – WHAT? He said, when you hit or pass the milestone age of 40 you will notice that it becomes a little more difficult to focus on objects up close because of Presbyopia. You are simply getting old!

Well, I picked up my glasses this morning. It is nothing fancy but here is what it looks like:

Okay, you are 39 and younger,  sitting there laughing or going poor guy, he’s getting old. But trust me your time is coming. Solomon tells us in Ecclesiastes 12:3

when the keepers of the house tremble,  and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few,  and those looking through the windows grow dim;

Here is what Solomon is talking about:

1. Keepers of the house tremble – the hands and arms which protected the body… are now feeble
2. Strong men stoop – like supporting pillars, the feet and knees, the strongest members… they are now weak… they bow
3. The grinders cease – the molar teeth… they are now idle
4. The windows grow dim – the eyes; the powers of vision… are now going dim

Some of you may be a little depressed already by this ‘getting old’ thing – but here is the good news – it gets way better:

We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us…

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed… therefore we do not lose heart…

Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

2 cor. 4:7, 8, 16

The Good News

Your are more than your outward appearance