Run the race with a smile on your face.

                                                              Getting older

     When I drag myself out of bed in the mornings, I stand in front of the bathroom mirror feeling a little defeated. I look a little more haggard and have a few more wrinkles than I remember. When I open my bathroom cabinet I am disturbed at what I see inside. Anti- wrinkle, youth serum, firming creams, stuff to plump things up and formulas to reduce the obvious, I take great care not to get these two products mixed up.

My clothes drawers are full of items that lift things up, flatten things out and slim me down. Control seems to be the main theme of my closet and gravity is one of my worst enemies.

I look at the youth around me and sometimes I feel like I just don’t fit in. I loved raising my babies and taking care of my home, but now all my babies are grown, and it’s easy to feel like I’m just here, filling space and time.

Getting older can sometimes make us feel like our purpose has run out. Maybe we think that the plan God has for us is no longer relevant. These are the times I remind myself of my importance to God and those around me. I give my disposition a little facelift, my attitude gets a little nip and tuck.

This may require putting down my insecurities and not worrying about what others think. This means I have to get involved.

If I choose to be happy, If I decide my gray hair is actually a silver lining and my wrinkles are really laugh lines, I will enjoy the path set before me more. Knowing that I still have a place in this forever changing world, I will be content with the life God planned for me and live it with satisfaction and joy. 

Isaiah 46:4

Even to your old age and gray hair I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. (NIV)