GodReflection: Walking Into The Unknown.
I am, and there is none besides me (Isaiah 47:10).
I’m still in your presence, but you’ve taken my hand.
You wisely and tenderly lead me, and then you bless me (Psalms 73:24).
As I approach the eighth decade of my walk across the Real Estate on our current earth it seems to me due to the reality that I am Older the Harder is my Walk into The Unknown.
It may just be my perception. Bear with me. Let me reminisce a bit. Although life is always a challenge, as I think back over a lifetime, surely my life was easier over the first five decades prior to such radical age deterioration.
There was a time when I ran through airports, ate whatever sounded tasty, had boundless energy, and dreamed up plans beyond my resources, then worked with God to see those plans bless others beyond my wildest imagination. None of which is now possible with my older body and mind.
However, in my now more limited state from age impairment, I must still walk into the unknown in trust and listen each day for the voice of the Holy as he says, “I am, and there is none besides me”.
I make the rounds to consult with doctors about mobility issues, poorer eyesight, and a gazillion
other declines of body and mind. I sit in the physician’s waiting room and witness others that are aged also—who live in a far worse state than me. Yes! The Older the Harder life has become as we all Walk into The Unknown.
Even while I observe those I know, who remain active though they have lived more years than me; from observation and from their own accounts, their life like my own has become more difficult with old age.
My Bible shares story after story of steep hills the aged can no longer climb.
One relates a memorable reflection of eighty-year-old Barzillai who refused to leave his hometown and move to Jerusalem with King David.
Barzillai sizes up the hard hill set before him now in old age: “How long do you think I’d live if I went with the king to Jerusalem? I’m eighty years old and not much good anymore to anyone. I can’t taste food; and can’t hear music, so why add to the burdens of my master the king?” (2 Samuel 19:35)
My intent is not to sound pessimistic. Rather, I want to assess my current reality, it does in fact seem that being near my eight decades of life, the Harder is my Walk into The Unknown.
However, once again, I want to remain acutely aware that Father, Son, and Spirit have not aged. Because of Calvary their hills have all been conquered. Their Holy Presence remains with me to walk by my side into the unknown of my current reality—The Older the Harder!
The Psalm-song from the singer Asaph seems to be a good place to close today’s reflection. I’m still in your presence, but you’ve taken my hand. You wisely and tenderly lead me, and then you bless me (Psalms 73:24).
Stay tuned.
Gary J. Sorrells
A GodReflection on The Older The Harder.
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Great article, my older friend! Lots of good insight for those of us “walking into the unknown”…thanks for sharing.
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