One of the realities of life is that every second we live, we are older than we were a second ago. There are no exceptions, no matter what we eat, whether we exercise or not, what type of soap or moisturizer we use, or any other "fountain of youth" enticement we may encounter. We are older now than we were when we first started writing or reading this blog post. The clock keeps-a-ticking.
The ministries we serve, are kept going by older people, getting older, who pray all the time for an influx of younger people to do the more physical or high-tech work we are currently doing. Our prayer list is replete with those who are ill, undergoing operations or procedures, needing assistance in caring for an aging parent or a child with health issues, and for people to come along and take over the duties of people who are having difficulty doing ministry work which they have done for a long time, but can't do as well or as easily as they once could.
As we head into spring and summer, we will have younger people at SLMI and TGPP to volunteer on a short-term basis. Our hope is that some of these people will catch the vision, feel the call to come again for a longer, even long-term commitment and carry on the work which has been done for all these years by people now retired from service or "home with The Lord", or just slowing down.
We can't reverse the getting older clock and start getting younger, but we can pray for God to bring a younger crowd, inspire them to lives of service and to carry on the work of preaching Jesus Christ to a world so much in need of hearing it, receiving it and living it. For now, we continue to fight the good fight, endeavor to finish strong and keep the faith.regardless of the obstacles we may face. And in everything, let the Ageless One be glorified and lifted up
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