How about Aging Gracefully?

I have to say that God is just amazing…As I was writing my post on my notepad on Sunday night; I had to stop, because it was time for bed. I picked up where I had left off this morning, but got stuck. So, I went to my PC and pulled up my daily blog reads. I was shocked, because right there on this blog, I read “my post” (I thought that I had written a guest post and forgot)…Oh, what to do? I had to rewrite (so I thought)…But our gracious hostess said I should still write it in my own words…So, here are my thoughts on aging gracefully…

As I was getting ready Sunday, Proverbs 31 came to mind. I tell you, I have to really start leaving a notepad in the bathroom, because there I always come up with the best thoughts for our weekly Carnival posts. It is just kind of tricky to write thoughts down when you are in the shower :lol:. I think I come up with thoughts getting ready, because that is my uninterrupted time with God. Where we just talk (and I actually listen)…

So why can’t we age gracefully? Why is it for women harder than for men? Because our youthful beauty is fleeting? You see the world associates youth/age with beauty. Even Christians buy this lie. The world bombards us with products that offer a solution to not ‘getting old’. No matter were we turn, if in a magazine (yes even Christian ones) or in the store. Here is a cream to remove wrinkles under and over your eyes. There is a lotion that promises to keep your legs ‘youthful’. Or just think about all the hair products you can purchase to change your look to something more ‘youthful’ – take out the gray. I do have to admit; I like highlights in my hair to keep it from getting dull…I have my daily moisturizer so I don’t dry out (or shrivel up?).

But really think about the outward appearance, does that really keep us ‘young’? Isn’t age just a number? Look again what God is saying in Proverbs: “beauty is fleeting” and I would say the outward beauty is fleeting…I don’t think that any kind of product on this earth really can make us youthful/beautiful. No money in the world can make us skip, being young, being joyous. There is only one thing. The joy we have to follow our Lord and be His hands and feet to share the precious Gospel with others. We glow when we share the good news – believe me – I have seen it in other women (and sometimes I have that twinkle in my eyes)…His Spirit keeps us youthful until eternity…

Do you have your own thoughts on ‘Aging Gracefully’? There is still time to submit your article to Carol at She Lives. Find all the details regarding the submission on her blog and details on participation on Sallie’s Blog. I would love to read your thoughts on gracefully aging.

Living by His grace ~ Eph2810