Biblia

REMEMBERING YOU

Topics: Anxiety; Caring; Commitment; Disease; Faithfulness; Family; Fear; Husbands; Illness; Intimacy; Love; Loyalty; Marriage; Memories; Relationships; Wives References: Genesis 2:24; Proverbs 12:4; 18:22; Song of Songs 8:6–7; Mark 10:9 Roger Zerbe, who suffered from early onset Alzheimer’s disease, journaled this to his wife after a particularly troubling bout of forgetfulness. Honey, Today fear is taking … Continue reading “REMEMBERING
YOU”

WISING UP WITH AGE

Topics: Aging; Fruitfulness; Perseverance; Service; Work References: Job 12:12; Proverbs 3:13–16 Some of the greatest accomplishments in history were carried out by people late in life. •     Immanuel Kant wrote one of his best philosophical works at the age of seventy-four. •     Verdi wrote “Ave Maria” at eighty-five. •     Michelangelo was eighty-seven when he completed The Pietá, his … Continue reading “WISING
UP WITH AGE”

MULTIPLYING CONFUSION

Topics: Aging; Confusion; Knowledge; Understanding References: Psalm 90:10; Ecclesiastes 12:1–5; Isaiah 46:4 Three old men went to the doctor for a memory test. The doctor asked the first old man, “What is one plus one?” “Two hundred seventy-four,” he said. The doctor asked the same question of the second man, “What is one plus one?” … Continue reading “MULTIPLYING
CONFUSION”

WORKING TO THE END

Topics: Diligence; Healing; Ministry; Miracles; Missions; Results; Retirement; Sacrifice; Work References: Acts 20:35; 1 Corinthians 15:9–11, 58; 2 Corinthians 6:5; Hebrews 13:7 Before J. Oswald Sanders was fifty, he had arthritis so bad that he could hardly get out of bed. He could have taken a nice retirement. Instead, he entered the most productive years … Continue reading “WORKING
TO THE END”

KNOWING WHEN TO QUIT

Topics: Ambition; Anxiety; Career; Contentment; Fatherhood; Fear; Greed; Idolatry; Money; Motives; Retirement; Stress; Success; Work References: Ecclesiastes 4:8; 5:10; Matthew 6:19–34; Luke 12:22–34; Philippians 4:10–19 His health was in tatters and his life mired in financial wrangles, but Frank Sinatra refused to stop giving concerts. “I’ve got to earn more money,” he said. His performances, … Continue reading “KNOWING
WHEN TO QUIT”

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 … Continue reading “GETTING
OLD”

END OF LIFE TESTIMONY

Topics: Assurance; Death; Eternal Life; Evangelism; Example; Faith; Heaven; Intimacy; Love; Marriage; Mortality References: Genesis 2:20–24; Joshua 14:11; Psalm 23:4; Proverbs 16:31; Matthew 19:4–6; Romans 14:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 Ruth and Billy Graham offered a priceless testimony as they approached their final chapters on earth together. “We pray together and read the Bible together every … Continue reading “END
OF LIFE TESTIMONY”

WHEN YOU GROW UP

Topics: Busyness; Children; Responsibility; Rest; Stress; Weariness; Work References: Genesis 2:1–3; Ecclesiastes 2:17; Matthew 11:28–30; Romans 12:2; Hebrews 4:9–11 A photographer was snapping pictures of first graders at an elementary school, making small talk to put his subjects at ease. “What are you going to be when you grow up?” he asked one little girl. … Continue reading “WHEN
YOU GROW UP”

STAYING YOUNG WITH SUPPLEMENTS

Topics: Aging; Death; Human Condition; Human Nature; Immortality; Limitations; Mortality; New Life; Old Age; Regeneration; Youth References: Psalm 71:9; 90:12; Ecclesiastes 8:8; John 11:25–26; Romans 6:23; 1 Corinthians 15:54; 2 Corinthians 5:1 Retirement is close for about 77 million baby boomers. Meantime, the antiaging industry is trying to keep them young enough to enjoy it. … Continue reading “STAYING
YOUNG WITH SUPPLEMENTS”