My
husband was checking out posts on the internet recently and came across an article
which kind of surprised him. It seems
Henry Winkler was a good deal older than his character “Fonzie” when he was
cast on “Happy Days” back in the ‘70’s. Many knew Richard Thomas was older than his character “John Boy” on “The
Walton’s,” and there were others, like in the movie “Grease” whose characters
were a good deal younger than the ages of those portraying them. Make up artists can do amazing things!
As we get older, many of us cringe
when we look in the mirror. We want all
the “age lines,” gray hairs and those little things that age us, to disappear
so we look ten or twenty years younger.
There are all kinds of creams and formulas
that claim to reduce age wrinkles and spots.
They claim a person can look ten to fifteen years younger than they
really are. We are a society bent on
stopping the aging process. I admit
there are practices I use to help me look better. I suspect we all do, as we fight the
inevitable, aging process! We all want to keep younger looking, as well as,
feeling as if we aren’t encumbered with illness that steals our vitality.
Spas have become the rage of our country. It seems the health benefits include reducing
stress and hormone issues, being a pain reliever, mood enhancer and more,
should you allow yourself to treat yourself to this type of relaxation!1 The
more wealthy in society even have surgeries in an effort to recapture some of
the youthful look.
The truth is, however, it doesn’t
matter what we do to keep the aging process at bay, it will catch up with us
and the inevitable will happen. We will all
age and eventually pass from this life.
It’s what happens after this life that really matters. Depending on our decisions today, we can look
forward to “really living” in Paradise or we can know we will be in a place of
eternal torment. What we choose in this
life really does determine our eternal destiny.
It has nothing to do with drinking
the best mineral water, eating the most nutritious foods, having the perfect
exercise routine or even the least stressed life. Life is what it is and we each have to deal
with our individual circumstances. So
our choice of living our life for Christ is the best “life giving water”
available to us. The “life giving” remedies
available in this life only applies to our mortal life. It has no bearing on our eternal future. Only Jesus has “water” that sustains
throughout all eternity.
So I challenge you to consider how
you view aging and all you are doing to keep the process at bay. Our lives will never be free of challenges
because we are human and we all have daily circumstances that test the
strongest and hardiest of us! The best
“Life Giving Water” is the water given through and by Jesus Christ. It is through Him we can find the kind of
refreshment we need, that can be found no where else!
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