GETTING
OLD

Topics: Aging; Attitudes; Human Condition; Limitations; Mortality; Old Age; Seasons; Time; Transience

References: Psalm 71:9; Proverbs 16:31; Isaiah 46:4; Titus 2:2–3

You know you’re getting old when:

•     you look forward to a dull evening at home

•     your mind makes commitments your body cannot keep

•     everything hurts, and what doesn’t hurt doesn’t work

•     you sink your teeth into a big, juicy steak—and they stay there

•     you dim the lights for economic reasons, not romantic ones

•     you’ve owned clothes for so long they’ve come back into style twice

•     you sing along to elevator music

•     you quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room

—Greg Laurie, “God’s Cure for Heart Trouble,” Preaching Today Audio, no. 282