That Age!

I didn’t like to hear what the doctor said, or the way she said it.  “You’re at the age you know”.  What? No! Thanks but no thanks. But I had to realize that what was told me was probably not only true but maybe needed to be said months or even a year before I heard it.
“You’re at that age you know.”
I needed glasses.  HA! And you thought it might have been something more serious. Something like a knee replacement or a bypass or even a brain transplant. No, I just needed glasses.  So, there I was, getting my eyes tested and accepting the inevitable. I was getting up there in age.
It wasn’t something terrible. In fact I didn’t mind the process. I even had people help me with picking out the frames. And as I stood there looking at all the choices before me I started singing, the first line of Johnny Nash’s song. “I can see clearly now, the rain is gone”.  I know, I know, the song is about getting past the pain. I was just singing it as it related to “you’re at that age you know”.
It was the same in my spiritual life as well, and probably in yours. As we get to a certain age all the things we know and understand about God become clearer to us. There is something about becoming mature in our faith. And it’s not just because we are at that age, but due to life lessons and all that life has taught us about oursleves and about a God who not only wants to be part of our maturing but part of our lives and where they are going.
It won’t be long until I meet Him face to face. And while I have time I wish to get closer and closer to Him. But I’m not yet at the point of craming for finals. But I am going to grow in Christ and live out the words of Ephesians 4:15,
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of Him who is the head, that is, Christ.
Something to think about
Rob